diff --git a/measure b/measure
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index b71838c..b542f24
--- a/measure
+++ b/measure
@@ -202,7 +202,8 @@ class Exec(Measure):
             # Start subprocess, executing os.setsid to create a new process group
             p = subprocess.Popen(
                 args,
-                shell=shell,
+                # nosec included below to disable bandit warning as shell execution is part of driver functionality
+                shell=shell, # nosec B602
                 stdin=None,
                 stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                 stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
@@ -416,7 +417,7 @@ class Exec(Measure):
         """
         try:
             self.run_taskset(self.cfg["post"], ignore_errors=True)
-        except:
+        except: # nosec
             # We ignore any errors from 'post' phase during cleanup
             pass
         self.stop_running_async_processes()