diff --git a/roles/kolibri/defaults/main.yml b/roles/kolibri/defaults/main.yml
index e19db7b0d..1d9f660bf 100644
--- a/roles/kolibri/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kolibri/defaults/main.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ kolibri_home: "{{ content_base }}/kolibri"
 kolibri_http_port: 8009
 kolibri_url: /kolibri/
 kolibri_path: "{{ iiab_base }}/kolibri"
-kolibri_exec_path: /usr/bin/kolibri
+# 2018-07-16: IIAB recommends /usr/bin but @arky says this isn't yet possible, due to pip
+kolibri_exec_path: /usr/local/bin/kolibri
 
 # Kolibri system user
 kolibri_user: kolibri