diff --git a/resources/server/bin/code-server-darwin.sh b/resources/server/bin/code-server-darwin.sh
index 04c5d7475da..0d4459a8035 100644
--- a/resources/server/bin/code-server-darwin.sh
+++ b/resources/server/bin/code-server-darwin.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ realdir() {
 	echo "$( cd -P "$(dirname "$SOURCE")" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
 }
 
-ROOT=$(dirname "$(realdir "$0")")
+ROOT="$(dirname "$(realdir "$0")")"
 
 "$ROOT/node" ${INSPECT:-} "$ROOT/out/server-main.js" "$@"
 
diff --git a/resources/server/bin/helpers/browser-darwin.sh b/resources/server/bin/helpers/browser-darwin.sh
index e4cb8721844..1f039b40812 100644
--- a/resources/server/bin/helpers/browser-darwin.sh
+++ b/resources/server/bin/helpers/browser-darwin.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env sh
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 #
 # Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
 #
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ realdir() {
 	echo "$( cd -P "$(dirname "$SOURCE")" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
 }
 
-ROOT"$(dirname "$(dirname "$(realdir "$0")")")"
+ROOT="$(dirname "$(dirname "$(realdir "$0")")")"
 
 APP_NAME="@@APPNAME@@"
 VERSION="@@VERSION@@"
diff --git a/resources/server/bin/remote-cli/code-darwin.sh b/resources/server/bin/remote-cli/code-darwin.sh
index cffa18ec908..2fc27c16ee4 100644
--- a/resources/server/bin/remote-cli/code-darwin.sh
+++ b/resources/server/bin/remote-cli/code-darwin.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env sh
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 #
 # Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
 #
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ realdir() {
 	echo "$( cd -P "$(dirname "$SOURCE")" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
 }
 
-ROOT"$(dirname "$(dirname "$(realdir "$0")")")"
+ROOT="$(dirname "$(dirname "$(realdir "$0")")")"
 
 APP_NAME="@@APPNAME@@"
 VERSION="@@VERSION@@"