diff --git a/background_installer.sh b/background_installer.sh
index 03e0cf6..43d866a 100755
--- a/background_installer.sh
+++ b/background_installer.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ function linux_install_deps {
                           automake libtool make git python2.7 \
                           sqlite3 cmake git curl
     curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py --output get-pip.py
-    $1 python2 get-pip.py
+    $1 python2.7 get-pip.py
 }
 
 function install_py_deps {