diff --git a/flow/test/test_helper.sh b/flow/test/test_helper.sh
index 061967caf2..3d67dc1b6e 100755
--- a/flow/test/test_helper.sh
+++ b/flow/test/test_helper.sh
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ fi
 if [ $RUN_AUTOTUNER -eq 1 ]; then
   # run the commands in ORFS root dir
   echo "[INFO FLW-0029] Installing dependencies in virtual environment."
+  cd ../
   ./tools/AutoTuner/installer.sh
   ./tools/AutoTuner/setup.sh
 
diff --git a/tools/AutoTuner/installer.sh b/tools/AutoTuner/installer.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 043b13ca03..7c2944749e
--- a/tools/AutoTuner/installer.sh
+++ b/tools/AutoTuner/installer.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+echo "Installing AutoTuner..."
+
 # Get the directory where the script is located
 script_dir="$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
 cd $script_dir
diff --git a/tools/AutoTuner/setup.sh b/tools/AutoTuner/setup.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 2bd4125d80..2679ab6337
--- a/tools/AutoTuner/setup.sh
+++ b/tools/AutoTuner/setup.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+echo "Setting up AutoTuner..."
 
 # Get the directory of the current script
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"