diff --git a/Snippets/symfont.py b/Snippets/symfont.py
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new mode 100755
index af198bf79..cf4bd8040
--- a/Snippets/symfont.py
+++ b/Snippets/symfont.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env python
+
 """
 Pen to calculate geometrical glyph statistics.