diff --git a/spinup/run.py b/spinup/run.py
index 60ea25dd4..0482cb506 100644
--- a/spinup/run.py
+++ b/spinup/run.py
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ def process(arg):
     elif cmd in valid_utils:
         # Execute the correct utility file.
         runfile = osp.join(osp.abspath(osp.dirname(__file__)), 'utils', cmd +'.py')
-        args = ['python', runfile] + sys.argv[2:]
+        args = [sys.executable if sys.executable else 'python', runfile] + sys.argv[2:]
         subprocess.check_call(args, env=os.environ)
     else:
         # Assume that the user plans to execute an algorithm. Run custom
diff --git a/spinup/utils/run_utils.py b/spinup/utils/run_utils.py
index e1d7b56c9..32f3ade6a 100644
--- a/spinup/utils/run_utils.py
+++ b/spinup/utils/run_utils.py
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ def thunk_plus():
     encoded_thunk = base64.b64encode(zlib.compress(pickled_thunk)).decode('utf-8')
 
     entrypoint = osp.join(osp.abspath(osp.dirname(__file__)),'run_entrypoint.py')
-    cmd = ['python', entrypoint, encoded_thunk]
+    cmd = [sys.executable if sys.executable else 'python', entrypoint, encoded_thunk]
     try:
         subprocess.check_call(cmd, env=os.environ)
     except CalledProcessError:
@@ -554,4 +554,4 @@ def test_eg():
     eg.add('why', [True,False])
     eg.add('huh', 5)
     eg.add('no', 6, in_name=True)
-    return eg.variants()
\ No newline at end of file
+    return eg.variants()
diff --git a/spinup/version.py b/spinup/version.py
index 84f86a447..0eca826f6 100644
--- a/spinup/version.py
+++ b/spinup/version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version_info = (0, 1, 1)
+version_info = (0, 1, 2)
 # format:
 # ('spinup_major', 'spinup_minor', 'spinup_patch')