diff --git a/songbook b/songbook
index f8fbd2a8..e3bcf555 100755
--- a/songbook
+++ b/songbook
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env python
+#! /usr/bin/env python3
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 """Command line tool to compile songbooks using the songbook library."""