diff --git a/devstack/settings b/devstack/settings
index b0dc9619de..5ee2e91f12 100644
--- a/devstack/settings
+++ b/devstack/settings
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
 # Settings needed for the Sahara plugin
 # -------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/devstack/upgrade/settings b/devstack/upgrade/settings
index 88270ee254..72f548897e 100644
--- a/devstack/upgrade/settings
+++ b/devstack/upgrade/settings
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
 register_project_for_upgrade sahara
 register_db_to_save sahara
 devstack_localrc base disable_service n-net
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index ef911b7821..976cee5ab6 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ commands =
     bash -c "find sahara -type f -regex '.*\.pot?' -print0|xargs -0 -n 1 msgfmt --check-format -o /dev/null"
     # Run bashate checks
     bash -c "find sahara -iname '*.sh' -print0 | xargs -0 bashate -v"
-    bash -c "find devstack -not -name README.rst -type f -print0 | xargs -0 bashate -v"
+    bash -c "find devstack -not -name README.rst -and -not -name \*.json -type f -print0 | xargs -0 bashate -v"
 
 [testenv:doc8]
 deps =