diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0f02dd4..e5a4f2d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ before_install:
 # Temporarily use raw.github.com to test this. After tests OK, will
 # make a v0.5 and change this back to be an example of the right way
 # to do this.
-- curl https://raw.github.com/greghendershott/travis-racket/master/install-racket.sh | sh
-# - curl -L https://github.com/greghendershott/travis-racket/releases/download/v0.4/install-racket.sh | sh
+- curl https://raw.github.com/greghendershott/travis-racket/master/install-racket.sh | bash
+# - curl -L https://github.com/greghendershott/travis-racket/releases/download/v0.4/install-racket.sh | bash
 
 install:
 
diff --git a/install-racket.sh b/install-racket.sh
index e59337d..b1a2bb1 100755
--- a/install-racket.sh
+++ b/install-racket.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# IMPORTANT: Your .travis.yml must pipe this to bash (not to sh)!
+# In the Travis CI environment a #!/bin/bash shebang here won't help.
+
 set -e
 
 if [[ "$RACKET_VERSION" = "HEAD" ]]; then