diff --git a/client/src/cmdscript.c b/client/src/cmdscript.c
index b19c5b9df..d326af4d1 100644
--- a/client/src/cmdscript.c
+++ b/client/src/cmdscript.c
@@ -403,6 +403,7 @@ static int CmdScriptRun(const char *Cmd) {
         // hook Proxmark3 API
         PyImport_AppendInittab("_pm3", PyInit__pm3);
 #endif
+#if PY_MINOR_VERSION >= 10
         PyConfig py_conf;
         PyConfig_InitIsolatedConfig(&py_conf);
         // Despite being isolated we probably want to allow users to use
@@ -410,11 +411,15 @@ static int CmdScriptRun(const char *Cmd) {
         // as system ones. But it seems isolated mode still enforces them off.
         py_conf.use_environment = 1;
         py_conf.user_site_directory = 1;
+#else
+	Py_Initialize();
+#endif
 
         //int argc, char ** argv
         char *argv[128];
         argv[0] = filename;
         int argc = split(arguments, &argv[1]);
+#if PY_MINOR_VERSION >= 10
         // The following line will implicitly pre-initialize Python
         PyConfig_SetBytesArgv(&py_conf, argc + 1, argv);
         // This is required by Proxspace to work with an isolated Python configuration
@@ -424,6 +429,17 @@ static int CmdScriptRun(const char *Cmd) {
 
         // clean up
         PyConfig_Clear(&py_conf);
+#else
+        wchar_t *py_args[argc + 1];
+        py_args[0] = Py_DecodeLocale(filename, NULL);
+        for (int i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
+            py_args[i + 1] = Py_DecodeLocale(argv[i], NULL);
+        }
+
+        PySys_SetArgv(argc + 1, py_args);
+
+        // clean up
+#endif
         for (int i = 0; i < argc; ++i) {
             free(argv[i + 1]);
         }