diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index b36103b1..e687432e 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ All pull requests should be based on the `nightly` branch, to minimize cross mer
 ### Python Code
 
 #### Compatibility
-The code should work with Python 2.7. Note that Tautulli runs on many different platforms.
+The code should work with Python 2.7.17 or Python 3.6+. Note that Tautulli runs on many different platforms.
 
 Re-use existing code. Do not hesitate to add logging in your code. You can the logger module `plexpy.logger.*` for this. Web requests are invoked via `plexpy.request.*` and derived ones. Use these methods to automatically add proper and meaningful error handling.
 
@@ -38,4 +38,4 @@ HTML5 compatible browsers are targeted.
 * 4 space indentation
 * `methodName`
 * `variableName`
-* `ClassName`
\ No newline at end of file
+* `ClassName`
diff --git a/PlexPy.py b/PlexPy.py
index c583df6c..eb9ceea4 100755
--- a/PlexPy.py
+++ b/PlexPy.py
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-''''which python    >/dev/null 2>&1 && exec python    "$0" "$@" # '''
-''''which python2   >/dev/null 2>&1 && exec python2   "$0" "$@" # '''
-''''which python2.7 >/dev/null 2>&1 && exec python2.7 "$0" "$@" # '''
-''''exec echo "Error: Python not found!" # '''
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
diff --git a/init-scripts/init.fedora.centos.service b/init-scripts/init.fedora.centos.service
index fd6b78e8..a9f1d8d2 100755
--- a/init-scripts/init.fedora.centos.service
+++ b/init-scripts/init.fedora.centos.service
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ datadir=/opt/Tautulli
 configfile=/opt/Tautulli/config.ini
 pidfile=/var/run/tautulli.pid
 nice=
-# The following line must point to your Python 2.7 install
-python27=/usr/src/Python-2.7.11/python
+# The following line must point to your Python installation
+python=/usr/bin/python
 ##
 
 options=" --daemon --config $configfile --pidfile $pidfile --datadir $datadir --nolaunch --quiet"
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ options=" --daemon --config $configfile --pidfile $pidfile --datadir $datadir --
 start() {
         # Start daemon.
         echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
-        daemon --pidfile=$pidfile $nice $python27 $homedir/Tautulli.py $options
+        daemon --pidfile=$pidfile $nice $python $homedir/Tautulli.py $options
         RETVAL=$?
         echo
         [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch $lockfile
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ start() {
 
 stop() {
         echo -n $"Shutting down $prog: "
-        killproc -p $pidfile $python27
+        killproc -p $pidfile $python
         RETVAL=$?
         echo
         [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f $lockfile
diff --git a/init-scripts/init.freebsd b/init-scripts/init.freebsd
index 6a3a1045..75b6160e 100755
--- a/init-scripts/init.freebsd
+++ b/init-scripts/init.freebsd
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ verify_tautulli_pid() {
     # Make sure the pid corresponds to the Tautulli process.
     if [ -f ${tautulli_pid} ]; then
       pid=`cat ${tautulli_pid} 2>/dev/null`
-      ps -p ${pid} | grep -q "python2 ${tautulli_dir}/Tautulli.py"
+      ps -p ${pid} | grep -q "python ${tautulli_dir}/Tautulli.py"
       return $?
     else
       return 0
diff --git a/init-scripts/init.freenas b/init-scripts/init.freenas
index 5010d233..a000ea7c 100755
--- a/init-scripts/init.freenas
+++ b/init-scripts/init.freenas
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ verify_tautulli_pid() {
     # Make sure the pid corresponds to the Tautulli process.
     if [ -f ${tautulli_pid} ]; then
       pid=`cat ${tautulli_pid} 2>/dev/null`
-      ps -p ${pid} | grep -q "python2 ${tautulli_dir}/Tautulli.py"
+      ps -p ${pid} | grep -q "python ${tautulli_dir}/Tautulli.py"
       return $?
     else
       return 0