diff --git a/scripts/compile_grpc.sh b/scripts/compile_grpc.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 4f086ae4..b9b87204
--- a/scripts/compile_grpc.sh
+++ b/scripts/compile_grpc.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 source ./install.sh
 pushd exo/networking/grpc
 python3 -m grpc_tools.protoc -I. --python_out=. --grpc_python_out=. node_service.proto
-sed -i "s/import\ node_service_pb2/from . &/" node_service_pb2_grpc.py
+sed -i '' "s/import\ node_service_pb2/from . &/" node_service_pb2_grpc.py
 popd