diff --git a/qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.py b/qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 68c1c0471e..58098bdec5
--- a/qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.py
+++ b/qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python2
-
 # Copyright (c) 2014 The Bitcoin Core developers
 # Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 # file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.