diff --git a/mssql-cli b/mssql-cli
index 77f992c9..b4dd990a 100755
--- a/mssql-cli
+++ b/mssql-cli
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ if [ -z ${PYTHONIOENCODING+x} ]; then export PYTHONIOENCODING=UTF-8; fi
 
 export PYTHONPATH="${DIR}:${PYTHONPATH}"
 
-python -m mssqlcli.main "$@"
+python3 -m mssqlcli.main "$@"