diff --git a/electrum b/electrum
index 995049c4a..5e2507f46 100755
--- a/electrum
+++ b/electrum
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
 #
 # Electrum - lightweight Bitcoin client
 # Copyright (C) 2011 thomasv@gitorious