diff --git a/metrics/scripts/enable.sh b/metrics/scripts/enable.sh
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index e6a1607d93..2989089c74
--- a/metrics/scripts/enable.sh
+++ b/metrics/scripts/enable.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-SOLANA_ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"/../.. || exit 1; pwd)"
+# |source| this file to enable metrics in the current shell
 
 export SOLANA_METRICS_CONFIG="host=http://localhost:8086,db=testnet,u=write,p=write"
 
 # shellcheck source=scripts/configure-metrics.sh
-source "$SOLANA_ROOT"/scripts/configure-metrics.sh
+source "$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"/../.. || exit 1; pwd)"/scripts/configure-metrics.sh
 
 echo Local metrics enabled
diff --git a/metrics/scripts/start.sh b/metrics/scripts/start.sh
index 0f21b1f94a..99ee3698c4 100755
--- a/metrics/scripts/start.sh
+++ b/metrics/scripts/start.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
-#!/bin/bash -ex
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 #
 # (Re)starts the local metrics
 #
+set -e
 
 cd "$(dirname "$0")"
 
 # Stop if already running
 ./stop.sh
 
+set -x
+
 : "${INFLUXDB_IMAGE:=influxdb:1.6}"
 : "${GRAFANA_IMAGE:=solanalabs/grafana:stable}"
 : "${GRAFANA_IMAGE:=grafana/grafana:5.2.3}"
@@ -48,5 +51,3 @@ docker run \
 sleep 5
 
 ./status.sh
-
-exit 0
diff --git a/metrics/scripts/status.sh b/metrics/scripts/status.sh
index 910b46ebcd..c48b0c28a5 100755
--- a/metrics/scripts/status.sh
+++ b/metrics/scripts/status.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-#!/bin/bash -e
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 #
-# Checks the status of lcoal metrics
+# Checks the status of local metrics
 #
 
+set -e
 cd "$(dirname "$0")"
 
 (
@@ -20,8 +21,12 @@ if ! timeout 10s curl -v --head http://localhost:3000; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-echo Local metrics up and running
-echo - Enable local metric collection per shell by running \'source ./enable.sh\'
-echo - View dashboard at http://localhost:3000/d/local/local-monitor
-exit 0
+cat <<EOF
 
+=========================================================================
+* Grafana dashboards are available at http://localhost:3000/dashboards
+
+* Enable local metric collection per shell by running the command:
+    source $PWD/enable.sh
+
+EOF
diff --git a/metrics/scripts/stop.sh b/metrics/scripts/stop.sh
index 72e43383f4..59ba5e8cc4 100755
--- a/metrics/scripts/stop.sh
+++ b/metrics/scripts/stop.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-#!/bin/bash -e
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 #
 # Stops local metrics
 #
 
-cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+set -e
 
 for container in influxdb grafana; do
   if [ "$(docker ps -q -a -f name=$container)" ]; then
@@ -16,4 +16,3 @@ for container in influxdb grafana; do
 done
 
 echo Local metrics stopped
-exit 0
\ No newline at end of file