diff --git a/spacemacs b/spacemacs
index f757edd..d0a32f7 100644
--- a/spacemacs
+++ b/spacemacs
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ you should place your code here."
   (setq-default c-basic-offset 2)
   (setq-default sgml-basic-offset 2)
   (setq-default spacemacs-show-trailing-whitespace nil)
+  (setq-default python-shell-interpreter "python3")
 )
 
 (setq custom-file "~/.dotfiles/emacs-local-custom.el")