diff --git a/src/quotes/Quote.pm b/src/quotes/Quote.pm
index 3184f65258..448511825b 100644
--- a/src/quotes/Quote.pm
+++ b/src/quotes/Quote.pm
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! /usr/bin/perl -w
+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
 #
 #    Copyright (C) 1998, Dj Padzensky <djpadz@padz.net>
 #    Copyright (C) 1998, 1999 Linas Vepstas <linas@linas.org>
diff --git a/src/quotes/Quote_example.pl b/src/quotes/Quote_example.pl
index d9e5cc2100..1e55bcb24b 100755
--- a/src/quotes/Quote_example.pl
+++ b/src/quotes/Quote_example.pl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! /usr/bin/perl -w
+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
 #
 # example script showing how to use the Quote perl module.
 # gets prices for some stocks, for some mutual funds
diff --git a/src/quotes/value_portfolio b/src/quotes/value_portfolio
index 6de2906e56..7c27f08ee9 100755
--- a/src/quotes/value_portfolio
+++ b/src/quotes/value_portfolio
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
 #######################################################################
 # $Id$
 # Looks up investment prices on the web, and builds a report