diff --git a/.local/bin/compiler b/.local/bin/compiler
index 39e149ed..faf37c9e 100755
--- a/.local/bin/compiler
+++ b/.local/bin/compiler
@@ -53,5 +53,5 @@ case "$ext" in
 	scad) openscad -o "$base".stl "$file" ;;
 	sent) setsid -f sent "$file" 2>/dev/null ;;
 	tex) textype "$file" ;;
-	*) head -n1 "$file" | grep "^#!/" | sed "s/^#!//" | xargs -r -I % "$file" ;;
+	*) sed -n '/^#!/s/^#!//p; q' "$file" | xargs -r -I % "$file" ;;
 esac