diff --git a/scripts/getconfig.sh b/scripts/getconfig.sh
index 26d5d0138c..943d540a88 100755
--- a/scripts/getconfig.sh
+++ b/scripts/getconfig.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,19 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
+set -e
 
 # Instructions:
 # Execute `./getconfig.sh`, and follow the instructions displayed on the terminal
 # The `*-config.toml` file will be created in the same directory as start.sh
 # It is recommended to check the flags generated in config.toml
 
+# Some checks to make commands OS independent
+OS="$(uname -s)"
+MKTEMPOPTION=
+SEDOPTION= ## Not used as of now (TODO)
+shopt -s nocasematch; if [[ "$OS" == "darwin"* ]]; then
+  SEDOPTION="''"
+  MKTEMPOPTION="-t"
+fi
 
 read -p "* Path to start.sh: " startPath
 # check if start.sh is present
@@ -15,7 +24,7 @@ then
 fi
 read -p "* Your validator address (e.g. 0xca67a8D767e45056DC92384b488E9Af654d78DE2), or press Enter to skip if running a sentry node: " ADD
 
-echo "\nThank you, your inputs are:"
+printf "\nThank you, your inputs are:\n"
 echo "Path to start.sh: "$startPath
 echo "Address: "$ADD
 
@@ -26,8 +35,9 @@ if [[ -f $confPath ]]
 then
     echo "WARN: config.toml exists, data will be overwritten."
 fi
+printf "\n"
 
-tmpDir="$(mktemp -d -t ./temp-dir-XXXXXXXXXXX || oops "Can't create temporary directory")"
+tmpDir="$(mktemp -d $MKTEMPOPTION ./temp-dir-XXXXXXXXXXX || oops "Can't create temporary directory")"
 cleanup() {
     rm -rf "$tmpDir"
 }
@@ -39,8 +49,11 @@ chmod +x $tmpDir/3305fe263dd4a999d58f96deb064e21bb70123d9.sh
 $tmpDir/3305fe263dd4a999d58f96deb064e21bb70123d9.sh $ADD
 rm $tmpDir/3305fe263dd4a999d58f96deb064e21bb70123d9.sh
 
-
-sed -i '' "s%*%'*'%g" ./temp
+shopt -s nocasematch; if [[ "$OS" == "darwin"* ]]; then
+    sed -i '' "s%*%'*'%g" ./temp
+else
+    sed -i "s%*%'*'%g" ./temp
+fi
 
 # read the flags from `./temp`
 dumpconfigflags=$(head -1 ./temp)
@@ -51,17 +64,27 @@ bash -c "$command"
 
 rm ./temp
 
+printf "\n"
+
 if [[ -f ./tempStaticNodes.json ]]
 then
     echo "JSON StaticNodes found"
     staticnodesjson=$(head -1 ./tempStaticNodes.json)
-    sed -i '' "s%static-nodes = \[\]%static-nodes = \[\"${staticnodesjson}\"\]%" $confPath
+    shopt -s nocasematch; if [[ "$OS" == "darwin"* ]]; then
+        sed -i '' "s%static-nodes = \[\]%static-nodes = \[\"${staticnodesjson}\"\]%" $confPath
+    else
+        sed -i "s%static-nodes = \[\]%static-nodes = \[\"${staticnodesjson}\"\]%" $confPath
+    fi
     rm ./tempStaticNodes.json
 elif [[ -f ./tempStaticNodes.toml ]]
 then
     echo "TOML StaticNodes found"
     staticnodestoml=$(head -1 ./tempStaticNodes.toml)
-    sed -i '' "s%static-nodes = \[\]%static-nodes = \[\"${staticnodestoml}\"\]%" $confPath
+    shopt -s nocasematch; if [[ "$OS" == "darwin"* ]]; then
+        sed -i '' "s%static-nodes = \[\]%static-nodes = \[\"${staticnodestoml}\"\]%" $confPath
+    else
+        sed -i "s%static-nodes = \[\]%static-nodes = \[\"${staticnodestoml}\"\]%" $confPath
+    fi
     rm ./tempStaticNodes.toml
 else
     echo "neither JSON nor TOML StaticNodes found"
@@ -71,12 +94,18 @@ if [[ -f ./tempTrustedNodes.toml ]]
 then
     echo "TOML TrustedNodes found"
     trustednodestoml=$(head -1 ./tempTrustedNodes.toml)
-    sed -i '' "s%trusted-nodes = \[\]%trusted-nodes = \[\"${trustednodestoml}\"\]%" $confPath
+    shopt -s nocasematch; if [[ "$OS" == "darwin"* ]]; then
+        sed -i '' "s%trusted-nodes = \[\]%trusted-nodes = \[\"${trustednodestoml}\"\]%" $confPath
+    else
+        sed -i "s%trusted-nodes = \[\]%trusted-nodes = \[\"${trustednodestoml}\"\]%" $confPath
+    fi
     rm ./tempTrustedNodes.toml
 else
     echo "neither JSON nor TOML TrustedNodes found"
 fi
 
+printf "\n"
+
 # comment flags in $configPath that were not passed through $startPath
 # SHA1 hash of `tempStart` -> `3305fe263dd4a999d58f96deb064e21bb70123d9`
 sed "s%bor --%go run getconfig.go ${confPath} --%" $startPath > $tmpDir/3305fe263dd4a999d58f96deb064e21bb70123d9.sh