diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 629cc4de3..cba36c7e3 100644
--- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ function(add_example)
   set(FAIRMQ_BIN_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/fairmq)
   foreach(script IN LISTS scripts)
     set(script_file "${script_prefix}-${script}.sh")
-    configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${script_file}.in" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${script_file}")
+    configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${script_file}.in" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${script_file}" @ONLY)
   endforeach()
 
   if(ARG_CONFIG)
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ function(add_example)
   set(FAIRMQ_BIN_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${PROJECT_INSTALL_BINDIR}/fairmq)
   foreach(script IN LISTS scripts)
     set(script_file "${script_prefix}-${script}.sh")
-    configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${script_file}.in" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${script_file}_install")
+    configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${script_file}.in" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${script_file}_install" @ONLY)
     install(
       PROGRAMS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${script_file}_install"
       DESTINATION ${PROJECT_INSTALL_BINDIR}
diff --git a/examples/region/fairmq-start-ex-region-advanced-external.sh.in b/examples/region/fairmq-start-ex-region-advanced-external.sh.in
index f598d03b1..b302edb97 100755
--- a/examples/region/fairmq-start-ex-region-advanced-external.sh.in
+++ b/examples/region/fairmq-start-ex-region-advanced-external.sh.in
@@ -2,16 +2,8 @@
 
 export FAIRMQ_PATH=@FAIRMQ_BIN_DIR@
 
-transport="shmem"
-msgSize="1000000"
-
-if [[ $1 =~ ^[a-z]+$ ]]; then
-    transport=$1
-fi
-
-if [[ $2 =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
-    msgSize=$1
-fi
+transport=${1:-shmem}
+msgSize=${2:-1000000}
 
 SAMPLER="fairmq-ex-region-sampler"
 SAMPLER+=" --id sampler1"
diff --git a/examples/region/fairmq-start-ex-region-advanced.sh.in b/examples/region/fairmq-start-ex-region-advanced.sh.in
index a0ad9dea9..2f4ae1b67 100755
--- a/examples/region/fairmq-start-ex-region-advanced.sh.in
+++ b/examples/region/fairmq-start-ex-region-advanced.sh.in
@@ -2,16 +2,8 @@
 
 export FAIRMQ_PATH=@FAIRMQ_BIN_DIR@
 
-transport="shmem"
-msgSize="1000000"
-
-if [[ $1 =~ ^[a-z]+$ ]]; then
-    transport=$1
-fi
-
-if [[ $2 =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
-    msgSize=$1
-fi
+transport=${1:-shmem}
+msgSize=${2:-1000000}
 
 SAMPLER="fairmq-ex-region-sampler"
 SAMPLER+=" --id sampler1"
diff --git a/examples/region/fairmq-start-ex-region.sh.in b/examples/region/fairmq-start-ex-region.sh.in
index 673ed73ff..1c065df12 100755
--- a/examples/region/fairmq-start-ex-region.sh.in
+++ b/examples/region/fairmq-start-ex-region.sh.in
@@ -2,16 +2,8 @@
 
 export FAIRMQ_PATH=@FAIRMQ_BIN_DIR@
 
-transport="shmem"
-msgSize="1000000"
-
-if [[ $1 =~ ^[a-z]+$ ]]; then
-    transport=$1
-fi
-
-if [[ $2 =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
-    msgSize=$1
-fi
+transport=${1:-shmem}
+msgSize=${2:-1000000}
 
 SAMPLER="fairmq-ex-region-sampler"
 SAMPLER+=" --id sampler1"