diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5118a90a28f7433b6a693961ba4d931da1884575..84e67d4aac5044562a9e450ea8db597148cc833b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ stages:
   image: registry.dsop.io/platform-one/big-bang/pipeline-templates/pipeline-templates/k3d-builder:0.0.1
 
 .deploy_bigbang: &deploy_bigbang
-  - for script in ./scripts/*.sh; do $script; done
+  - for script in ./scripts/*.sh; do chmod +x $script && $script; done
 
 .test_bigbang: &test_bigbang
-  - for test in ./tests/bash/*.sh; do $test; done 
+  - for test in ./tests/bash/*.sh; do chmod +x $test && $test; done 
 
 clean install:
   stage: smoke tests