diff --git a/pkg/pb/gen.go b/pkg/pb/gen.go
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+// Copyright (C) 2018 Storj Labs, Inc.
+// See LICENSE for copying information.
+
+package pb
+
+//go:generate go run ../../scripts/protobuf.go generate