diff --git a/CHANGELIST b/CHANGELIST
index 924bd9e..d672f28 100644
--- a/CHANGELIST
+++ b/CHANGELIST
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+1.4.5 altered shebang to '#!/usr/bin/env perl' for enhanced FreeBSD compatibility
+
 1.4.4 merged pull requests from jjlawren for OmniOS compatibility, added --configdir=/path/to/configs CLI option to sanoid at jjlawrens' request presumably for same
 
 1.4.3 added SSH persistence to syncoid - using socket speeds up SSH overhead 300%! =)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 1c99cf0..e516bb9 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.4.4
+1.4.5
diff --git a/findoid b/findoid
index 98d4fb7..e49c887 100755
--- a/findoid
+++ b/findoid
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
 
 # this software is licensed for use under the Free Software Foundation's GPL v3.0 license, as retrieved 
 # from http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html on 2014-11-17.  A copy should also be available in this
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use warnings;
 my $zfs = '/sbin/zfs';
 my %args = getargs(@ARGV);
 
-my $progversion = '1.4.3';
+my $progversion = '1.4.5';
 
 if ($args{'version'}) { print "$progversion\n"; exit 0; }
 
diff --git a/sanoid b/sanoid
index ed53983..8ab0e9e 100755
--- a/sanoid
+++ b/sanoid
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
 
 # this software is licensed for use under the Free Software Foundation's GPL v3.0 license, as retrieved
 # from http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html on 2014-11-17.  A copy should also be available in this
 # project's Git repository at https://github.com/jimsalterjrs/sanoid/blob/master/LICENSE.
 
-my $version = '1.4.4';
+my $version = '1.4.5';
 
 use strict;
 use Config::IniFiles;   # read samba-style conf file
diff --git a/sleepymutex b/sleepymutex
index 1eb26c5..1361d8e 100755
--- a/sleepymutex
+++ b/sleepymutex
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 # this is just a cheap way to trigger mutex-based checks for process activity.
 #
-# ie ./sleepymutex zfs receive data/lolz if you want a mutex hanging around as long as necessary that will show up
-# to any routine that actively does something like "ps axo | grep 'zfs receive'" or whatever.
+# ie ./sleepymutex zfs receive data/lolz if you want a mutex hanging around 
+# as long as necessary that will show up to any routine that actively does 
+# something like "ps axo | grep 'zfs receive'" or whatever.
 
 sleep 99999
diff --git a/syncoid b/syncoid
index aff729a..593ab08 100755
--- a/syncoid
+++ b/syncoid
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
 
 # this software is licensed for use under the Free Software Foundation's GPL v3.0 license, as retrieved 
 # from http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html on 2014-11-17.  A copy should also be available in this
 # project's Git repository at https://github.com/jimsalterjrs/sanoid/blob/master/LICENSE.
 
-my $version = '1.4.4';
+my $version = '1.4.5';
 
 use strict;
 use Data::Dumper;