diff --git a/morea-publish.sh b/morea-publish.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/morea-pull.sh b/morea-pull.sh
index 983cfd4..87a4794 100755
--- a/morea-pull.sh
+++ b/morea-pull.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ if [ ! -d "./gh-pages" ]; then
 fi
 
 echo "Pulling the gh-pages directory."
-( set -x ; cd ./gh-pages ; git pull ) 
+( set -x ; cd ./gh-pages ; git branch -u origin/gh-pages ; git pull ) 
 
 echo "Pulling the master directory"
 ( set -x ; cd ./master ; git pull)
diff --git a/morea-vanilla-install.sh b/morea-vanilla-install.sh
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new mode 100755