diff --git a/configure.sh b/configure.sh
index c7566db..0c178dd 100755
--- a/configure.sh
+++ b/configure.sh
@@ -1,53 +1,59 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 source Definitions.mk
 
+chmod +x src/FormatFile.sh
+chmod +x UserSpace/Cpp/Axion/Axion.sh
+chmod +x src/interfacePy/ScanScript/parallel_scan.sh
+
+
 bash src/FormatFile.sh $cosmoDat
 bash src/FormatFile.sh $axMDat
 bash src/FormatFile.sh $anFDat
 
+
 # ---------these are needed for python and c++---------------- #
 mkdir "lib" 2> /dev/null
 mkdir "exec" 2> /dev/null
 mkdir "src/misc_dir" 2> /dev/null
 
 PathHead=src/misc_dir/path.hpp
 PathHeadPy=src/misc_dir/path.py
 PathTypePy=src/misc_dir/type.py
 
 echo "from ctypes import c_"$LONGpy"double as cdouble" > $PathTypePy
 echo "_PATH_=\"$PWD\" "> $PathHeadPy
 
 
 echo "#ifndef PATHS_HEAD
 #define PATHS_HEAD
 
 #define cosmo_PATH \"$PWD/$cosmoDat\" 
 #define chi_PATH \"$PWD/$axMDat\" 
 #define anharmonic_PATH \"$PWD/$anFDat\" 
 #define PWD \"$PWD\" 
 
 #endif
 ">$PathHead
 
 
 echo -e "License:"
 cat LICENSE
 
 echo ""
 echo ""
 echo ""
 
 echo  -e "\033[1;5;35m 
   __  __   _   __  __           _____ 
  |  \/  | (_) |  \/  |         / ____|
  | \  / |  _  | \  / |   ___  | (___  
  | |\/| | | | | |\/| |  / _ \  \___ \ 
  | |  | | | | | |  | | |  __/  ____) |
  |_|  |_| |_| |_|  |_|  \___| |_____/
 "
 
 
 echo  -e "\033[0;97m 
 You can run \"make\" to compile everything. After that, you will find several examples in Examples/, 
 and you can run the executables in exec/ in order to see if the code actually works.
 "