diff --git a/example_scripts/screenshot_script b/example_scripts/screenshot_script
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index fbd463b..59cf524
--- a/example_scripts/screenshot_script
+++ b/example_scripts/screenshot_script
@@ -10,7 +10,20 @@
 # Example:
 # screenshot_script "gwenview"
 
-source "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/cb_script_header.sh"
+named_pipe_send="$(mktemp -u)"
+named_pipe_recv="$(mktemp -u)"
+mkfifo "${named_pipe_send}"
+mkfifo "${named_pipe_recv}"
+nc -U "${CAGEBREAK_SOCKET}" < "${named_pipe_send}" > "${named_pipe_recv}"&
+# The file descriptor 3 is set up to send commands to cagebreak and file
+# descriptor 4 can be used to read events. Notice that events will pile up in
+# file descriptor 4, so it is a good idea to continuously read from it or to
+# clear it before starting a new transaction.
+exec 3>"${named_pipe_send}"
+exec 4<"${named_pipe_recv}"
+# When the script exits, the os will clean up the pipe
+rm "${named_pipe_recv}"
+rm "${named_pipe_send}"
 
 if [[ ${#} -lt 1 ]]
 then
diff --git a/example_scripts/show_workspace_views b/example_scripts/show_workspace_views
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 2fd4465..33d76bc
--- a/example_scripts/show_workspace_views
+++ b/example_scripts/show_workspace_views
@@ -1,11 +1,23 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # Copyright 2020 - 2024, project-repo and the cagebreak contributors
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
-
+#
 # This script displays the process names of the views on the current workspace.
 
-# Start up the ipc link
-source "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/cb_script_header.sh"
+named_pipe_send="$(mktemp -u)"
+named_pipe_recv="$(mktemp -u)"
+mkfifo "${named_pipe_send}"
+mkfifo "${named_pipe_recv}"
+nc -U "${CAGEBREAK_SOCKET}" < "${named_pipe_send}" > "${named_pipe_recv}"&
+# The file descriptor 3 is set up to send commands to cagebreak and file
+# descriptor 4 can be used to read events. Notice that events will pile up in
+# file descriptor 4, so it is a good idea to continuously read from it or to
+# clear it before starting a new transaction.
+exec 3>"${named_pipe_send}"
+exec 4<"${named_pipe_recv}"
+# When the script exits, the os will clean up the pipe
+rm "${named_pipe_recv}"
+rm "${named_pipe_send}"
 
 echo "dump" >&3
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 2ccd5a2..8b8c56d 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -371,6 +371,7 @@ run_target('create-artefacts',
 # Test Suite
 
 test('Build without warnings', find_program('test/build-w-o-warnings'), env : [ ''.join('MESONCURRENTCONFIGDIR=', meson.current_source_dir()) ], suite: 'devel')
+test('Example script header is consistent', find_program('test/script-header'), env : [ ''.join('MESONCURRENTCONFIGDIR=', meson.current_source_dir()) ], suite: 'devel')
 test('Build without xwayland', find_program('test/build-w-o-xwayland'), env : [ ''.join('MESONCURRENTCONFIGDIR=', meson.current_source_dir()) ], suite: 'devel')
 test('Copyright and LICENSE', find_program('test/copyright-license'), args : [ cagebreak_main_file + cagebreak_source_strings + cagebreak_header_strings + fuzz_sources + fuzz_headers + fuzz_override_lib ], env : [ ''.join('MESONCURRENTCONFIGDIR=', meson.current_source_dir()), ''.join('MESONLICENSE=', meson.project_license())], suite: 'devel' )
 test('Clang-format (formatting check)', find_program('test/clang-format'), args : [ cagebreak_main_file + cagebreak_source_strings + cagebreak_header_strings + fuzz_sources + fuzz_headers + fuzz_override_lib ], env : [ ''.join('MESONCURRENTCONFIGDIR=', meson.current_source_dir()) ], suite: 'devel')
diff --git a/test/script-header b/test/script-header
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f172f3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/script-header
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright 2024, project-repo and the cagebreak contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+# Each example script must contain the header unmodified.
+
+# shellcheck disable=2164
+cd "${MESONCURRENTCONFIGDIR}"
+
+RESULT=0
+
+for file in example_scripts/*
+do
+	# shellcheck disable=2002
+	grep "$(cat test/testing-configurations/cb_script_header.sh | tail -n +3 | tr '\n' ' ' )" <(cat "$file" | tr '\n' ' ') || RESULT=1
+done
+
+exit $RESULT
diff --git a/example_scripts/cb_script_header.sh b/test/testing-configurations/cb_script_header.sh
similarity index 88%
rename from example_scripts/cb_script_header.sh
rename to test/testing-configurations/cb_script_header.sh
index 4b17b9a..d844a0a 100644
--- a/example_scripts/cb_script_header.sh
+++ b/test/testing-configurations/cb_script_header.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# Copyright 2023 - 2024, project-repo and the cagebreak contributors
+# Copyright 2024, project-repo and the cagebreak contributors
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
-
 named_pipe_send="$(mktemp -u)"
 named_pipe_recv="$(mktemp -u)"
 mkfifo "${named_pipe_send}"