diff --git a/services/git-bridge/install.sh b/services/git-bridge/install
similarity index 91%
rename from services/git-bridge/install.sh
rename to services/git-bridge/install
index 22ab2747d4..fdafe65c64 100755
--- a/services/git-bridge/install.sh
+++ b/services/git-bridge/install
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ installDeps() {
 	return 1
 }
 
-command -v ant >/dev/null 2>&1 && command -v /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/bin/javac >/dev/null 2>&1 || installDeps
+command -v mvn >/dev/null 2>&1 && command -v /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/bin/javac >/dev/null 2>&1 || installDeps
 sudo mvn package &&\
 sudo mv ./target/writelatex-git-bridge-1.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar /usr/local/sbin/writelatex-git-bridge.jar &&\
 sudo cp ./bin/wlgb /etc/init.d/ &&\
diff --git a/services/git-bridge/reinstall b/services/git-bridge/reinstall
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..e92e1e0bb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/git-bridge/reinstall
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+command -v mvn >/dev/null 2>&1 || sudo apt-get install maven2
+sudo mvn package &&\
+sudo mv ./target/writelatex-git-bridge-1.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar /usr/local/sbin/writelatex-git-bridge.jar
diff --git a/services/git-bridge/uninstall.sh b/services/git-bridge/uninstall
similarity index 100%
rename from services/git-bridge/uninstall.sh
rename to services/git-bridge/uninstall