diff --git a/roles/jupyter/templates/jupyter.service b/roles/jupyter/templates/jupyter.service
index f9e5aa798..8ce535369 100644
--- a/roles/jupyter/templates/jupyter.service
+++ b/roles/jupyter/templates/jupyter.service
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ After=syslog.target network.target
 [Service]
 User=root
 Environment="PATH=/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:{{ jupyter_venv }}/bin"
-ExecStart={{ jupyter_venv }}/bin/jupyterhub -f {{ jupyter_venv }}/etc/jupyterhub/jupyterhub_config.py
+ExecStart={{ jupyter_venv }}/bin/python3 -m jupyterhub -f {{ jupyter_venv }}/etc/jupyterhub/jupyterhub_config.py
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target