diff --git a/src/engineSelectDlg.cpp b/src/engineSelectDlg.cpp
index cbe57c1ac..83738bcdc 100644
--- a/src/engineSelectDlg.cpp
+++ b/src/engineSelectDlg.cpp
@@ -250,8 +250,9 @@ void engineSelectDlg::setRowColor(int row, QString color){
 bool engineSelectDlg::checkInstalled(QString plugin_name) const {
   QProcess nova;
   QStringList params;
+  params << misc::qBittorrentPath()+"search_engine"+QDir::separator()+"nova2.py";
   params << "--supported_engines";
-  nova.start(misc::qBittorrentPath()+"search_engine"+QDir::separator()+"nova2.py", params, QIODevice::ReadOnly);
+  nova.start("python", params, QIODevice::ReadOnly);
   nova.waitForStarted();
   nova.waitForFinished();
   QByteArray result = nova.readAll();
diff --git a/src/searchEngine.cpp b/src/searchEngine.cpp
index 424aa8d3f..06c4d8be1 100644
--- a/src/searchEngine.cpp
+++ b/src/searchEngine.cpp
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ void SearchEngine::on_search_button_clicked(){
   QStringList params;
   QStringList engineNames;
   search_stopped = false;
-
+  params << misc::qBittorrentPath()+"search_engine"+QDir::separator()+"nova2.py";
   params << enabled_engines.join(",");
   params << pattern.split(" ");
   // Update SearchEngine widgets
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ void SearchEngine::on_search_button_clicked(){
   search_result_line_truncated.clear();
   results_lbl->setText(tr("Results")+" <i>(0)</i>:");
   // Launch search
-  searchProcess->start(misc::qBittorrentPath()+"search_engine"+QDir::separator()+"nova2.py", params, QIODevice::ReadOnly);
+  searchProcess->start("python", params, QIODevice::ReadOnly);
   searchTimeout->start(180000); // 3min
 }