diff --git a/bin/mn b/bin/mn
index 3c5a7ec..46667ab 100755
--- a/bin/mn
+++ b/bin/mn
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/python
 
 """
 Mininet runner
diff --git a/util/vm/install-mininet-vm.sh b/util/vm/install-mininet-vm.sh
index 2ea176e..c1c8403 100755
--- a/util/vm/install-mininet-vm.sh
+++ b/util/vm/install-mininet-vm.sh
@@ -36,11 +36,10 @@ fi
 # Install Mininet for Python2 and Python3
 APT="sudo apt-get -y -qq"
 $APT install python3
-$APT install python-is-python3 || true
 $APT install python2 || $APT install python
-python --version
-time PYTHON=python3 mininet/util/install.sh
+python --version || $APT install python-is-python3
 time PYTHON=python2 mininet/util/install.sh -n
+time PYTHON=python3 mininet/util/install.sh
 # Finalize VM
 time mininet/util/install.sh -tcd
 # Ignoring this since NOX classic is deprecated