diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 4803b8c..4c23567 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Usage example:
                                ws_url_path="/websocket")
 
     if __name__ == '__main__':
-        term_manager = terminado.SingleTermManager(shell_command=['bash'])
+        term_manager = terminado.SingleTermManager(shell_command=['sh'])
         handlers = [
                     (r"/websocket", terminado.TermSocket,
                          {'term_manager': term_manager}),
diff --git a/demos/named.py b/demos/named.py
index a3703f2..911fe71 100755
--- a/demos/named.py
+++ b/demos/named.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class NewTerminalHandler(tornado.web.RequestHandler):
         self.redirect("/" + name, permanent=False)
 
 def main():
-    term_manager = NamedTermManager(shell_command=['bash'],
+    term_manager = NamedTermManager(shell_command=['sh'],
                                      max_terminals=100)
 
     handlers = [
diff --git a/demos/single.py b/demos/single.py
index e63f469..9452828 100755
--- a/demos/single.py
+++ b/demos/single.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class TerminalPageHandler(tornado.web.RequestHandler):
                            ws_url_path="/websocket")
 
 def main(argv):
-    term_manager = SingleTermManager(shell_command=['bash'])
+    term_manager = SingleTermManager(shell_command=['sh'])
     handlers = [
                 (r"/websocket", TermSocket,
                      {'term_manager': term_manager}),
diff --git a/demos/uimod.py b/demos/uimod.py
index 26adcc2..cfb0875 100644
--- a/demos/uimod.py
+++ b/demos/uimod.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class TerminalPageHandler(tornado.web.RequestHandler):
                            ws_url_path="/websocket")
 
 def main(argv):
-    term_manager = SingleTermManager(shell_command=['bash'])
+    term_manager = SingleTermManager(shell_command=['sh'])
     handlers = [
                 (r"/websocket", TermSocket,
                      {'term_manager': term_manager}),
diff --git a/demos/unique.py b/demos/unique.py
index 71bd85c..577981c 100755
--- a/demos/unique.py
+++ b/demos/unique.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class TerminalPageHandler(tornado.web.RequestHandler):
                            ws_url_path="/websocket")
 
 def main(argv):
-    term_manager = UniqueTermManager(shell_command=['bash'])
+    term_manager = UniqueTermManager(shell_command=['sh'])
     handlers = [
                 (r"/websocket", TermSocket,
                      {'term_manager': term_manager}),
diff --git a/doc/websocket.rst b/doc/websocket.rst
index 7f429c4..1c9e511 100644
--- a/doc/websocket.rst
+++ b/doc/websocket.rst
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ any other::
     app = tornado.web.Application([
             # ... other handlers ...
             (r"/websocket", terminado.TermSocket,
-                {'term_manager': terminado.SingleTermManager(shell_command=['bash'])}),
+                {'term_manager': terminado.SingleTermManager(shell_command=['sh'])}),
         ], **kwargs)
 
 Now, a page in your application can connect to ``ws://<host>/websocket``. Using
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Now, a page in your application can connect to ``ws://<host>/websocket``. Using
 .. warning::
 
    :class:`~terminado.TermSocket` does not authenticate the connection at all,
-   and using it with a program like ``bash`` means that anyone who can connect
+   and using it with a program like ``sh`` means that anyone who can connect
    to it can run commands on your server. It is up to you to integrate the
    handler with whatever authentication system your application uses. For
    instance, in IPython, we subclass it like this::
diff --git a/terminado/tests/basic_test.py b/terminado/tests/basic_test.py
index 0f62cd6..540e4b3 100644
--- a/terminado/tests/basic_test.py
+++ b/terminado/tests/basic_test.py
@@ -140,14 +140,14 @@ class TermTestCase(tornado.testing.AsyncHTTPTestCase):
 
     def get_app(self):
         self.named_tm = NamedTermManager(
-            shell_command=['bash'],
+            shell_command=['sh'],
             max_terminals=MAX_TERMS,
         )
         
-        self.single_tm = SingleTermManager(shell_command=['bash'])
+        self.single_tm = SingleTermManager(shell_command=['sh'])
         
         self.unique_tm = UniqueTermManager(
-            shell_command=['bash'],
+            shell_command=['sh'],
             max_terminals=MAX_TERMS,
         )