diff --git a/hdf4_test/run_get_hdf4_files.sh b/hdf4_test/run_get_hdf4_files.sh
index f53cdaaea..a2e825716 100755
--- a/hdf4_test/run_get_hdf4_files.sh
+++ b/hdf4_test/run_get_hdf4_files.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ if test "x$srcdir" = x ; then srcdir=`pwd`; fi
 # Get a file from the ftp site; retry several times
 getfile() {
    FTPFILE="ftp://ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/netcdf/sample_data/hdf4/$1.gz"
-   for try in 1 2 3 ; do # try 3 times
+   for try in 1 2 3 4 ; do # try 4 times
      # signal sucess/failure
      if wget -c $Q --passive-ftp $FTPFILE ; then
        return 0 # got it
diff --git a/ncdap_test/tst_remote3.sh b/ncdap_test/tst_remote3.sh
index b63c858e7..5a9c404d7 100755
--- a/ncdap_test/tst_remote3.sh
+++ b/ncdap_test/tst_remote3.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 
 if test "x$SETX" = x1 ; then set -x ; fi