diff --git a/mythplugins/mytharchive/mytharchive/mythburn.cpp b/mythplugins/mytharchive/mytharchive/mythburn.cpp
index 4188579bb0..639f17abe9 100644
--- a/mythplugins/mytharchive/mytharchive/mythburn.cpp
+++ b/mythplugins/mytharchive/mytharchive/mythburn.cpp
@@ -950,7 +950,7 @@ void MythBurn::runScript()
         QFile::remove(logDir + "/mythburncancel.lck");
 
     createConfigFile(configDir + "/mydata.xml");
-    commandline = "python " + GetShareDir() + "mytharchive/scripts/mythburn.py";
+    commandline = "python2 " + GetShareDir() + "mytharchive/scripts/mythburn.py";
     commandline += " -j " + configDir + "/mydata.xml";          // job file
     commandline += " -l " + logDir + "/progress.log";           // progress log
     commandline += " > "  + logDir + "/mythburn.log 2>&1 &";    // Logs