diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/commands/destroy.rb b/railties/lib/rails/commands/destroy.rb
index 15ff90f78a..f85c17bb94 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/commands/destroy.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/commands/destroy.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+require 'rails/generators'
+Rails::Generators.configure!
+
 if ARGV.size == 0
   Rails::Generators.help
   exit
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/commands/generate.rb b/railties/lib/rails/commands/generate.rb
index 82a658e2ed..c5e3ae3529 100755
--- a/railties/lib/rails/commands/generate.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/commands/generate.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+require 'rails/generators'
+Rails::Generators.configure!
+
 if ARGV.size == 0
   Rails::Generators.help
   exit
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb
index e552cc4520..2bcea4bc8f 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb
@@ -123,8 +123,10 @@ module Rails::Generators
     end
 
     def create_script_files
-      directory "script"
-      chmod "script", 0755, :verbose => false
+      directory "script" do |file|
+        prepend_file file, "#{shebang}\n", :verbose => false
+        chmod file, 0755, :verbose => false
+      end
     end
 
     def create_test_files
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/about.tt b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/about
similarity index 91%
rename from railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/about.tt
rename to railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/about
index 7639d4040f..93fd007649 100755
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/about.tt
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/about
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<%= shebang %>
 require File.expand_path('../../config/environment',  __FILE__)
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift "#{RAILTIES_PATH}/builtin/rails_info"
 require 'rails/commands/about'
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/console.tt b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/console
similarity index 86%
rename from railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/console.tt
rename to railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/console
index 1cd2eb8b53..20aa799d2f 100755
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/console.tt
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/console
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-<%= shebang %>
 require File.expand_path('../../config/application',  __FILE__)
 require 'rails/commands/console'
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/dbconsole.tt b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/dbconsole
similarity index 86%
rename from railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/dbconsole.tt
rename to railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/dbconsole
index 94beb13715..e6a1c59394 100755
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/dbconsole.tt
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/dbconsole
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-<%= shebang %>
 require File.expand_path('../../config/application',  __FILE__)
 require 'rails/commands/dbconsole'
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/destroy.tt b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/destroy
similarity index 57%
rename from railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/destroy.tt
rename to railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/destroy
index 6adc90b2c3..adfa8e8426 100755
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/destroy.tt
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/destroy
@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
-<%= shebang %>
 require File.expand_path('../../config/environment',  __FILE__)
-require 'rails/generators'
-Rails::Generators.configure!
 require 'rails/commands/destroy'
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/generate.tt b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/generate
similarity index 57%
rename from railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/generate.tt
rename to railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/generate
index 71d47dec92..6fb8ad0395 100755
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/generate.tt
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/generate
@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
-<%= shebang %>
 require File.expand_path('../../config/environment',  __FILE__)
-require 'rails/generators'
-Rails::Generators.configure!
 require 'rails/commands/generate'
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/performance/benchmarker.tt b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/performance/benchmarker
similarity index 88%
rename from railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/performance/benchmarker.tt
rename to railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/performance/benchmarker
index 9ebc4c92fc..9647d8f10a 100755
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/performance/benchmarker.tt
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/performance/benchmarker
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-<%= shebang %>
 require File.expand_path('../../../config/environment',  __FILE__)
 require 'rails/commands/performance/benchmarker'
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/performance/profiler.tt b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/performance/profiler
similarity index 88%
rename from railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/performance/profiler.tt
rename to railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/performance/profiler
index 5f4c763f9d..a5822042d2 100755
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/performance/profiler.tt
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/performance/profiler
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-<%= shebang %>
 require File.expand_path('../../../config/environment',  __FILE__)
 require 'rails/commands/performance/profiler'
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/plugin.tt b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/plugin
similarity index 86%
rename from railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/plugin.tt
rename to railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/plugin
index 4a335ee33c..1f1af6c880 100755
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/plugin.tt
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/plugin
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-<%= shebang %>
 require File.expand_path('../../config/application',  __FILE__)
 require 'rails/commands/plugin'
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/runner.tt b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/runner
similarity index 86%
rename from railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/runner.tt
rename to railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/runner
index 34ad7c18eb..7a70828e90 100755
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/runner.tt
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/runner
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-<%= shebang %>
 require File.expand_path('../../config/environment',  __FILE__)
 require 'rails/commands/runner'
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/server.tt b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/server
similarity index 86%
rename from railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/server.tt
rename to railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/server
index 932e72ea58..a7aaee2953 100755
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/server.tt
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/script/server
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-<%= shebang %>
 require File.expand_path('../../config/application',  __FILE__)
 require 'rails/commands/server'