diff --git a/kali/make_kali-usb-stick_persistent b/kali/make_kali-usb-stick_persistent
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index d0c7da4..39616ca
--- a/kali/make_kali-usb-stick_persistent
+++ b/kali/make_kali-usb-stick_persistent
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ fi
 FREE="$( parted -m "${USBSTICK}" print free | grep -F free | tail -n 1 )"
 START="$( printf "${FREE}" | awk -F ":" '{ print $2; }' )"
 END="$( printf "${FREE}" | awk -F ":" '{ print $3; }' )"
-parted "${USBSTICK}" mkpart primary "${START}" "${END}"
+parted --script "${USBSTICK}" mkpart primary "${START}" "${END}"
 
 # format 3rd partition with ext3 and label "persistence"
 mkfs.ext3 -L persistence "${USBSTICK}"3