diff --git a/run b/run
index 23c9035..d997964 100755
--- a/run
+++ b/run
@@ -1,5 +1,25 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+# The following block allows to use the `run` script like this
+# ```
+# ln -s run a_script.sh
+# ./a_script.sh
+# ```
+# which then runs `./run a_script.py`
+
+fn=$(basename $0)
+if [ "$fn" != "run" ]; then
+  dn=$(dirname "$0")
+  sn=$(basename "$0" .sh)
+  dn="${dn}/run"
+  sn="${sn}.py"
+  echo "Running: $dn $sn"
+  $dn $sn
+  exit
+fi
+
+###
+
 function help() {
   echo "Load conda env and run a script"
   echo