diff --git a/ankisyncd.sh b/ankisyncd.sh
index 75981c6..d92de0c 100755
--- a/ankisyncd.sh
+++ b/ankisyncd.sh
@@ -1,16 +1,21 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env bash
 
 export PYTHONPATH="/usr/share/ankisyncd"
-export PYTHON="python"
+export PYTHON="python2"
 
-if [ $(python -V 2>&1 | cut -d ' ' -f 2  | cut -d '.'  -f 1) -ne 2 ]; then
-	which python2 > /dev/null
+which python2 > /dev/null
 
-	if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-		PYTHON="python2"
-	else
-		echo "$0: Cannot find Python 2" 1>&2
-	fi
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+        which python > /dev/null
+
+        if [ $? -ne 0 -a \
+        $($PYTHON -V 2>&1 | cut -d ' ' -f 2 | cut -d '.' -f 1) -ne 2 ]; then
+                PYTHON="python"
+        else
+                echo "$0: Cannot find Python 2" 1>&2
+
+                exit 1
+        fi
 fi
 
 $PYTHON /usr/share/ankisyncd/ankisyncd/sync_app.py