diff --git a/installers/common.sh b/installers/common.sh
index df65a0ae..f5ea49f3 100755
--- a/installers/common.sh
+++ b/installers/common.sh
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ function _install_restapi() {
     _install_log "Installing and enabling RestAPI"
     sudo cp -r "$webroot_dir/api" "$raspap_dir/api"  || _install_status 1 "Unable to move api folder"
 
-    if ! command -v python &> /dev/null; then
+    if ! command -v python3 &> /dev/null; then
         echo "Python is not installed. Installing Python..."
         sudo apt update
         sudo apt install -y python3 python3-pip
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ function _install_restapi() {
         sudo apt install python3-pip -y
         
     fi
-    python -m pip install -r "$raspap_dir/api/requirements.txt" --break-system-packages || _install_status 1 " Unable to install pip modules"
+    python3 -m pip install -r "$raspap_dir/api/requirements.txt" --break-system-packages || _install_status 1 " Unable to install pip modules"
     
     echo "Moving restapi systemd unit control file to /lib/systemd/system/"
     sudo mv $webroot_dir/installers/restapi.service /lib/systemd/system/ || _install_status 1 "Unable to move restapi.service file"
diff --git a/installers/restapi.service b/installers/restapi.service
index ce195603..63a0d6a2 100644
--- a/installers/restapi.service
+++ b/installers/restapi.service
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ After=network.target
 User=root
 WorkingDirectory=/etc/raspap/api
 LimitNOFILE=4096
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/python uvicorn main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8081
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 uvicorn main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8081
 Restart=on-failure
 RestartSec=5s