diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 6746dc8..517b8b0 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ RUN mkdir -p /app/code /app/pkg
 WORKDIR /app/code
 
 RUN apt update && \
-    apt install -y python build-essential libxslt-dev python-dev python-virtualenv zlib1g-dev libffi-dev libssl-dev python-pip && \
+    apt install -y python3 build-essential libxslt-dev python-dev python-virtualenv zlib1g-dev libffi-dev libssl-dev python-pip && \
     rm -rf /var/cache/apt /var/lib/apt/lists
 
 RUN curl -L https://github.com/asciimoo/searx/archive/${VERSION}.tar.gz | tar -xz --strip-components 1 -f -
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index 7d4e850..ce57e32 100755
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ fi
 chown -R www-data.www-data /app/data
 
 echo "==> Starting searx"
-exec gosu www-data python /app/code/searx/webapp.py
+exec gosu www-data python3 /app/code/searx/webapp.py