diff --git a/.jenkins.sh b/.jenkins.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 2a971ec49cf841a61473f8ae8f519ba43fc1fc97..0727ebdf688a209315dbcbc339e8169099e26e16
--- a/.jenkins.sh
+++ b/.jenkins.sh
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@ rm build/*-API.json
 
 cd docker
 
+chmod +x build-container.sh
 ./build-container.sh
 
+chmod +x run-container.sh
 ./run-container.sh "${run_dir}"
 OUTCOME=$?