diff --git a/compile-guide.py b/compile-guide.py
index 13fc672..3f50d9f 100755
--- a/compile-guide.py
+++ b/compile-guide.py
@@ -1,29 +1,29 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
 
 # usage: compile-guide.py <ini> <english ini> <language code>
 
 import sys
 import configparser, os
 import re
 
 p = re.compile(ur'<ref:([^>]*)>')
 
 config = configparser.ConfigParser()
 config.readfp(open(sys.argv[2],'r'))
 
 enconfig = configparser.ConfigParser()
 enconfig.readfp(open(sys.argv[1],'r'))
 
 for identifier, string in config.items("messages"):
     if len(string) == 0:
        string = enconfig.get("messages", identifier)
 
     print 'xxxxxxSEPARATORBEGINxxxxxx'
     print "'''"+string+"'''"
     for line in open("guide/"+sys.argv[3]+'/'+identifier+".txt").readlines():
         raw_line = line.strip()
         for match in re.findall(p, raw_line):
             raw_line = raw_line.replace('<ref:'+match+'>', config.get("messages", match))
         print raw_line
 
     print 'xxxxxxSEPARATORENDxxxxxx'
diff --git a/compile.py b/compile.py
index c210a2c..f75ee03 100755
--- a/compile.py
+++ b/compile.py
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
 
 import sys
 import configparser, os
 
 config = configparser.ConfigParser()
 config.readfp(open(sys.argv[2],'r'))
 
 enconfig = configparser.ConfigParser()
 enconfig.readfp(open(sys.argv[1],'r'))
 
 for identifier, string in config.items("messages"):
     if len(string) == 0:
        string = enconfig.get("messages", identifier)
 
     out = "<section begin=" + identifier
     out += " />" + string
     out += "<section end=" + identifier +  " /> "
     print out
 #     outarr.append(out)
 # outfile = open('mediawiki/'+f+'.mw', 'w')
 # outfile.write('\n'.join(outarr)+'\n')
diff --git a/scripts/update-manual.sh b/scripts/update-manual.sh
index bf473b4..ce7356d 100755
--- a/scripts/update-manual.sh
+++ b/scripts/update-manual.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 LANG="en"
 for L in $LANG; do
   cp ../guide/compiled/$L.mw dict.txt
-  python pwb.py pagefromfile -begin:xxxxxxSEPARATORBEGINxxxxxx -end:xxxxxxSEPARATORENDxxxxxx -notitle -force -lang:$L
+  python2 pwb.py pagefromfile -begin:xxxxxxSEPARATORBEGINxxxxxx -end:xxxxxxSEPARATORENDxxxxxx -notitle -force -lang:$L
 done