diff --git a/roles/jupyterhub/templates/patch_await.sh b/roles/jupyterhub/templates/patch_await.sh
index 6a3794dfb..a4a33b865 100755
--- a/roles/jupyterhub/templates/patch_await.sh
+++ b/roles/jupyterhub/templates/patch_await.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/bash -x
 # add await to asyncio change password function
 
-cat {{ jupyterhub_venv }}/lib/*/site-packages/firstuseauthenticator/firstuseauthenticator.py |grep 'await self.render'
+SITE_PACKAGES=$({{ jupyterhub_venv }}/bin/python -m site|grep -v exist|grep site)
+SITE_PACKAGES=${SITE_PACKAGES:5:-2}
+cat $SITE_PACKAGES/firstuseauthenticator/firstuseauthenticator.py |grep 'await self.render'
 if [ $? -ne 0 ];then
    echo Updating file
-   sed -i -e's/self.render/await self.render/' {{ jupyterhub_venv }}/lib/*/site-packages/firstuseauthenticator/firstuseauthenticator.py 
+   sed -i -e's/self.render/await self.render/' $SITE_PACKAGES/firstuseauthenticator/firstuseauthenticator.py 
 else
    echo Patch already applied. Skipping. . .
 fi