diff --git a/examples/launch/mp3play b/examples/launch/mp3play
index 2faeffabda..b5fd5ac1ad 100755
--- a/examples/launch/mp3play
+++ b/examples/launch/mp3play
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
-#/usr/bin/sh
-gstreamer-launch disksrc "location=$1" ! mp3parse ! mpg123 ! audiosink
+#! /bin/sh
+for loc in "$@"; do
+gstreamer-launch disksrc "location=$loc" ! mp3parse ! mpg123 ! audiosink
+done
diff --git a/tests/old/examples/launch/mp3play b/tests/old/examples/launch/mp3play
index 2faeffabda..b5fd5ac1ad 100755
--- a/tests/old/examples/launch/mp3play
+++ b/tests/old/examples/launch/mp3play
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
-#/usr/bin/sh
-gstreamer-launch disksrc "location=$1" ! mp3parse ! mpg123 ! audiosink
+#! /bin/sh
+for loc in "$@"; do
+gstreamer-launch disksrc "location=$loc" ! mp3parse ! mpg123 ! audiosink
+done