[tde-users] Kate syntax highlighting

I don't know if this is a PEBKAC issue. I seem to have a devilish time getting Kate to remember syntax highlighting of previously opened files. I have Kate configured to remember meta information for 180 days. I also notice that often Kate does not guess the correct syntax highlighting for what are obvious shell scripts. The shell scripts have correct declarations at the beginning of the script. I get the feeling the detection scheme is keying off of something other than '#!/bin/sh'. What might I be doing incorrectly? Or where might I start troubleshooting? Thanks.