diff --git a/singularity/pull b/singularity/pull
index 8946e4869..a62acaf6e 100755
--- a/singularity/pull
+++ b/singularity/pull
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 #!/bin/sh --
-singularity pull swiftest.sif docker://daminton/swiftest:latest
-source ./setenv.sh
\ No newline at end of file
+singularity pull --force swiftest.sif docker://daminton/swiftest:latest
diff --git a/singularity/setenv.sh b/singularity/setenv.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 769339754..79931a298
--- a/singularity/setenv.sh
+++ b/singularity/setenv.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # source this file to set the path to the swiftest.sif file
-export SWIFTEST_SIF=${PWD}
\ No newline at end of file
+export SWIFTEST_SIF="${PWD}/swiftest.sif"