diff --git a/skel_common/backup/auto_update.json b/skel_common/backup/auto_update.json
index e30bc5e..99613ba 100644
--- a/skel_common/backup/auto_update.json
+++ b/skel_common/backup/auto_update.json
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
 						"Added a Validate warning about FTL 1.5.13 for chars outside windows-1252",
 						"Disabled XML escaping when reencoding to ensure invalid chars cause an error",
 						"Changed logging framework to SLF4J/Logback",
-						"Changed command line parser to picocli"
+						"Changed command line parser to picocli",
+						"Made launcher scripts on OSX find java the recommended way"
 					]
 				},
 				{
diff --git a/skel_common/readme_changelog.txt b/skel_common/readme_changelog.txt
index 0acd16d..356c110 100644
--- a/skel_common/readme_changelog.txt
+++ b/skel_common/readme_changelog.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Changelog
 - Added a Validate warning about FTL 1.5.13 for chars outside windows-1252
 - Changed logging framework to SLF4J/Logback
 - Changed command line parser to picocli
+- Made launcher scripts on OSX find java the recommended way
 
 1.9:
 - Fixed corrupted civilian sector music in FTL 1.6.1+
diff --git a/skel_unix/modman-cli.sh b/skel_unix/modman-cli.sh
index 437a04f..ddf2b40 100644
--- a/skel_unix/modman-cli.sh
+++ b/skel_unix/modman-cli.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 
 # Get the absolute path to this script's folder.
 if echo "$0" | awk '{exit(!/^\//);}'; then
@@ -8,4 +8,13 @@ else
 fi
 
 cd "${maindir}";
-java -jar modman.jar "$@";
+
+java_cmd=$(command -v java);
+
+# OSX uses a command to decide java's location.
+if [ -x "/usr/libexec/java_home" ]; then
+  export JAVA_HOME=`/usr/libexec/java_home`
+  java_cmd=${JAVA_HOME}/bin/java
+fi
+
+${java_cmd} -jar modman.jar "$@";
diff --git a/skel_unix/modman.command b/skel_unix/modman.command
index 335d7f2..fdc5b42 100644
--- a/skel_unix/modman.command
+++ b/skel_unix/modman.command
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 
 # Get the script's name.
 me=$(basename "$0");
@@ -46,7 +46,20 @@ fi
 # Finally, the payload.
 cd "${maindir}";
 # - - -
-java -jar modman.jar;
+
+java_cmd=$(command -v java);
+
+# OSX uses a command to decide java's location.
+if [ -x "/usr/libexec/java_home" ]; then
+  export JAVA_HOME=`/usr/libexec/java_home`
+  java_cmd=${JAVA_HOME}/bin/java
+fi
+
+echo "";
+echo "Found java at: ${java_cmd}";
+echo "";
+
+${java_cmd} -jar modman.jar;
 # - - -
 
 if [ "${ingui}" = "1" ]; then