diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d0b504f7b9204d5f1cde9a86f23fe1d5cad49c15..313cbd57c6813ba03604434a62fb218417276e8b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 ## TL;DR
 
 This repo contains code for python backend CTranslate2 based triton models for the SSMT project.
-Prerequisites: `python3.xx-venv`, `nvidia-docker`
+Prerequisites: `python3.xx-venv`, `nvidia-docker`, `bash`
 ```bash
 git clone https://ssmt.iiit.ac.in/meitygit/ssmt/mt-model-deploy-dhruva.git
 cd mt-model-deploy-dhruva
-sh make_triton_model_repo.sh "https://ssmt.iiit.ac.in/uploads/data_mining/models.zip" "float16"
+bash make_triton_model_repo.sh "https://ssmt.iiit.ac.in/uploads/data_mining/models.zip" "float16"
 docker build -t dhruva/ssmt-model-server:1 .
 nvidia-docker run --gpus=all --rm --shm-size 5g --network=host --name dhruva-ssmt-triton-server -v./ssmt_triton_repo:/models dhruva/ssmt-model-server:1
 ```
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ One can construct the triton repo like so:
 ```bash
 git clone https://ssmt.iiit.ac.in/meitygit/ssmt/mt-model-deploy-dhruva.git
 cd mt-model-deploy-dhruva
-sh make_triton_model_repo.sh "https://ssmt.iiit.ac.in/uploads/data_mining/models.zip" "float16"
+bash make_triton_model_repo.sh "https://ssmt.iiit.ac.in/uploads/data_mining/models.zip" "float16"
 ```
 
 ## Starting the triton server
diff --git a/make_triton_model_repo.sh b/make_triton_model_repo.sh
index 05a762052dae21c511db14f60d9bfc16335cf1bc..cbfff7ba9fd5fb8632158e1ea5696b42d622356a 100644
--- a/make_triton_model_repo.sh
+++ b/make_triton_model_repo.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
 MODELS_URL=$1
 QUANTIZATION=$2
 wget -O models.zip $MODELS_URL --no-check-certificate
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ cp -r ../triton_models/ssmt_template_model_repo ssmt_9_ct2
 cp -r ../models/9_ct2 ssmt_9_ct2/1/translator
 sed -i 's/model_name/ssmt_9_ct2/' ssmt_9_ct2/config.pbtxt
 cd ..
-source deactivate
+source ./ssmt_ct2/bin/activate
 rm -rf ssmt_ct2
 rm -f models.zip
 rm -rf models