diff --git a/roles/collab/files/collab-init.sh b/roles/collab/files/collab-init.sh
index d77318d..efb6233 100644
--- a/roles/collab/files/collab-init.sh
+++ b/roles/collab/files/collab-init.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ if ! test -d /srv/wikis/collab/wikis/collab; then
     su -s /bin/sh - collab -c "echo \"    page_front_page = u'CollabList'\" >> /srv/wikis/collab/wikis/collab/config/collab.py"
     su -s /bin/sh - collab -c "echo \"    acl_rights_default = u'All:read,invite'\" >> /srv/wikis/collab/wikis/collab/config/collab.py"
     su -s /bin/sh - collab -c "echo \"    acl_rights_before = u'collab:admin,read,write FaciliatorGroup:read,write,admin,delete,revert,invite'\" >> /srv/wikis/collab/wikis/collab/config/collab.py"
-    su -s /bin/sh - collab -c "env PYTHONPATH=/srv/wikis/collab/wikis/collab/config python -m MoinMoin.packages -u collab i /srv/wikis/collab/underlay/pages/LanguageSetup/attachments/English--all_pages.zip"
-    su -s /bin/sh - collab -c "env PYTHONPATH=/srv/wikis/collab/wikis/collab/config python -m MoinMoin.packages -u collab i /var/lib/collab/CollabBase.zip"
+    su -s /bin/sh - collab -c "env PYTHONPATH=/srv/wikis/collab/wikis/collab/config python2 -m MoinMoin.packages -u collab i /srv/wikis/collab/underlay/pages/LanguageSetup/attachments/English--all_pages.zip"
+    su -s /bin/sh - collab -c "env PYTHONPATH=/srv/wikis/collab/wikis/collab/config python2 -m MoinMoin.packages -u collab i /var/lib/collab/CollabBase.zip"
     su -s /bin/sh - collab -c "gwiki-rehash /srv/wikis/collab/wikis/collab"
 fi
diff --git a/roles/collab/tasks/main.yml b/roles/collab/tasks/main.yml
index 2c3dd42..2a4580d 100644
--- a/roles/collab/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/collab/tasks/main.yml
@@ -67,12 +67,14 @@
   pip:
     name: ["{{ srcdir }}/graphingwiki", "{{ srcdir }}/collabbackend"]
     umask: "0022"
+    executable: pip2
     extra_args: --egg --no-index
 
 - name: install moin
   pip:
     name: "{{ srcdir }}/moin-{{ moin_version }}"
     umask: "0022"
+    executable: pip2
     extra_args: --no-index
 
 - name: create group collab