diff --git a/PythonAPI/Makefile b/PythonAPI/Makefile
index ab5e3d23..1ec52611 100644
--- a/PythonAPI/Makefile
+++ b/PythonAPI/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 all:
     # install pycocotools locally
-	python setup.py build_ext --inplace
+	python3 setup.py build_ext --inplace
 	rm -rf build
 
 install:
 	# install pycocotools to the Python site-packages
-	python setup.py build_ext install
-	rm -rf build
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+	python3 setup.py build_ext install
+	rm -rf build