diff --git a/utils/assign-role.bash b/utils/assign-role.bash
index c8d8ee625fc0ef3e751c03ba5e16f38aa97d5795..f782281428875a5158f8273f2d3be5a7839a18df 100755
--- a/utils/assign-role.bash
+++ b/utils/assign-role.bash
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-if [[ $1 == "" ]] || [[ $1 == "-h" ]] || [[ $1 == "--help" ]]; then
+if [[ $1 == "" ]] || [[ $1 == "-h" ]] || [[ $1 == "--help" ]] || [[ $2 == "" ]]; then
     echo "usage: $0 USERNAME ROLE [ SERVER ]";
     exit 0;
 fi
@@ -9,19 +9,12 @@ USERNAME=$1
 ROLE=$2
 SERVER=$3
 
-
-if [[ $USERNAME == "" ]] || [[ $ROLE == "" ]]; then
-    echo "Please specify username and role"
-    echo "usage: $0 USERNAME ROLE [ SERVER ]";
-    exit 1
-fi
-
 if [[ $SERVER == "" ]]; then
-    SERVER=localhost:5000
+    SERVER=http://localhost:5000
 fi
 
 echo "Assigning role $ROLE to User $USERNAME"
 curl --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
      --request POST \
      --data "{\"query\": \"mutation {addRoleToUser(username: \\\"$USERNAME\\\", role: \\\"$ROLE\\\"){user{username, roles{edges{node{name}}}}}}\" }" \
-     http://$SERVER/graphql
+     $SERVER/graphql
diff --git a/utils/create-application.bash b/utils/create-application.bash
index fa29650c93db6b60f65eac201c589957559f754f..ad33e5204db559778354f50ab7ac9af46380098d 100755
--- a/utils/create-application.bash
+++ b/utils/create-application.bash
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ APPLICATION=$1
 SERVER=$2
 
 if [[ $SERVER == "" ]]; then
-    SERVER=localhost:5000
+    SERVER=http://localhost:5000
 fi
 
 echo "Creating application $APPLICATION"
 curl --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
      --request POST \
      --data "{\"query\": \"mutation {createApplication(name: \\\"$APPLICATION\\\"){application{name}}}\" }" \
-     http://$SERVER/graphql
+     $SERVER/graphql
diff --git a/utils/create-role.bash b/utils/create-role.bash
index dc8e5384da4eb2de74ecd112aaee2999ead0cb2c..15c6209fba6bbf22227206c85d0b7539c42428e9 100755
--- a/utils/create-role.bash
+++ b/utils/create-role.bash
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ ROLE=$1
 SERVER=$2
 
 if [[ $SERVER == "" ]]; then
-    SERVER=localhost:5000
+    SERVER=http://localhost:5000
 fi
 
 echo "Creating role $ROLE"
 curl --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
      --request POST \
      --data "{\"query\": \"mutation {createRole(name: \\\"$ROLE\\\"){role{name}}}\" }" \
-     http://$SERVER/graphql
+     $SERVER/graphql
diff --git a/utils/create-user.bash b/utils/create-user.bash
index 96400416dd8f08c670f0d33c2111ddaaf5646495..0a24f4940caf145b6bb4dee7f47a4bf0482a33e1 100755
--- a/utils/create-user.bash
+++ b/utils/create-user.bash
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-if [[ $1 == "" ]] || [[ $1 == "-h" ]] || [[ $1 == "--help" ]]; then
+if [[ $1 == "" ]] || [[ $1 == "-h" ]] || [[ $1 == "--help" ]] || [[ $2 == "" ]] || [[ $3 == "" ]]; then
     echo "usage: $0 USERNAME PASSWORD EMAIL [ SERVER ]";
     exit 0;
 fi
@@ -10,18 +10,12 @@ PASSWORD=$2
 EMAIL=$3
 SERVER=$4
 
-if [[ $USERNAME == "" ]] || [[ $PASSWORD == "" ]] || [[ $EMAIL == "" ]]; then
-    echo "Please specify username, password and email address"
-    echo "usage: $0 USERNAME PASSWORD EMAIL [ SERVER ]";
-    exit 1
-fi
-
 if [[ $SERVER == "" ]]; then
-    SERVER=localhost:5000
+    SERVER=http://localhost:5000
 fi
 
 echo "Creating admin user"
 curl --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
      --request POST \
      --data "{\"query\": \"mutation {createUser(username: \\\"$USERNAME\\\", password: \\\"$PASSWORD\\\", email: \\\"$EMAIL\\\"){user{username}}}\" }" \
-     http://$SERVER/graphql
+     $SERVER/graphql
diff --git a/utils/grant-access.bash b/utils/grant-access.bash
index 3b52d9d65dcf156f3a5c427c4dca006290ff80a6..0c14048b8a52257f00e63958fa1ffc0d31be42ca 100755
--- a/utils/grant-access.bash
+++ b/utils/grant-access.bash
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-if [[ $1 == "" ]] || [[ $1 == "-h" ]] || [[ $1 == "--help" ]]; then
+if [[ $1 == "" ]] || [[ $1 == "-h" ]] || [[ $1 == "--help" ]] || [[ $2 == "" ]]; then
     echo "usage: $0 USERNAME APPLICATION [ SERVER ]";
     exit 0;
 fi
@@ -9,18 +9,12 @@ USERNAME=$1
 APPLICATION=$2
 SERVER=$3
 
-if [[ $USERNAME == "" ]] || [[ $APPLICATION == "" ]]; then
-    echo "Please specify username and application"
-    echo "usage: $0 USERNAME APPLICATION [ SERVER ]";
-    exit 1
-fi
-
 if [[ $SERVER == "" ]]; then
-    SERVER=localhost:5000
+    SERVER=http://localhost:5000
 fi
 
 echo "Granting access to application $APPLICATION to User $USERNAME"
 curl --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
      --request POST \
      --data "{\"query\": \"mutation {addApplicationToUser(username: \\\"$USERNAME\\\", application: \\\"$APPLICATION\\\"){user{username, applications{edges{node{name}}}}}}\" }" \
-     http://$SERVER/graphql
+     $SERVER/graphql