diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 5723a58..c446e78 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -1 +1,22 @@
-cp pirate-get.py /usr/bin/pirate-get
+#!/usr/bin/sh
+if [ "$UID" -ne 0 ]
+  then echo "Please run as root"
+  exit
+fi
+
+TMP=`mktemp`
+if [ `which python2.7` ]
+then
+    echo "#!/usr/bin/env python2.7" > $TMP
+elif [ `which python2` ]
+then
+    echo "#!/usr/bin/env python2" > $TMP
+else
+    echo "#!/usr/bin/env python" > $TMP
+fi
+
+sed 1d `dirname $0`/pirate-get.py >> $TMP
+
+cp $TMP /usr/bin/pirate-get
+chmod +x /usr/bin/pirate-get
+chmod 755 /usr/bin/pirate-get
diff --git a/uninstall.sh b/uninstall.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ac37988
--- /dev/null
+++ b/uninstall.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/sh
+if [ "$UID" -ne 0 ] 
+  then echo "Please run as root" 
+  exit 
+fi
+
+rm /usr/bin/pirate-get