diff --git a/scm/yaml_parser.scm b/scm/yaml_parser.scm
index f3b5086..6ecae50 100644
--- a/scm/yaml_parser.scm
+++ b/scm/yaml_parser.scm
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 (define (yml-file->scm filename)
   (let* ((python_cmd (string-append "import sys, yaml, json; print(json.dumps(yaml.safe_load(open('" filename "'))))"))
-          (pipe (open-pipe* OPEN_READ "python" "-c" python_cmd))
+          (pipe (open-pipe* OPEN_READ "python3" "-c" python_cmd))
           (json (get-string-all pipe)))
     (close-pipe pipe)
     (json-string->scm json)))