diff --git a/lsteamclient/gen_wrapper.py b/lsteamclient/gen_wrapper.py
index 1e3147c1..a9c6e7fd 100755
--- a/lsteamclient/gen_wrapper.py
+++ b/lsteamclient/gen_wrapper.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python2
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
 
 #NOTE: If you make modifications here, consider whether they should
 #be duplicated in ../vrclient/gen_wrapper.py
diff --git a/proton b/proton
index d4bdc7d5..a5b8e251 100755
--- a/proton
+++ b/proton
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python2.7
+#!/usr/bin/env python2.7
 
 #script to launch Wine with the correct environment
 
diff --git a/user_settings.sample.py b/user_settings.sample.py
index 56ebe702..24fa339c 100755
--- a/user_settings.sample.py
+++ b/user_settings.sample.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python2.7
+#!/usr/bin/env python2.7
 
 #to enable these settings, name this file "user_settings.py"
 
diff --git a/vrclient_x64/gen_wrapper.py b/vrclient_x64/gen_wrapper.py
index 83f88d3a..0b196ee5 100755
--- a/vrclient_x64/gen_wrapper.py
+++ b/vrclient_x64/gen_wrapper.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python2
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
 
 #NOTE: If you make modifications here, consider whether they should
 #be duplicated in ../lsteamclient/gen_wrapper.py