diff --git a/freebsd/resources/sngrep.sh b/freebsd/resources/sngrep.sh
index 8fe1f2d..546ff75 100755
--- a/freebsd/resources/sngrep.sh
+++ b/freebsd/resources/sngrep.sh
@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@ cd "$(dirname "$0")"
 
 #add sngrep
 pkg install --yes sngrep
+
+#update the list of executables in the path
+rehash