diff --git a/auto_build.sh b/auto_build.sh
index a24e08d..a11ff33 100755
--- a/auto_build.sh
+++ b/auto_build.sh
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ latest_remote_sha () {
 # do the build
 build_page() {
     # sync logo with spaceapi
-    "python3" "$CLONE_DIR""/spaceapi.py" "$CLONE_DIR"
+    ./spaceapi.py "$CLONE_DIR"
 
     TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d -t hugo_build_XXXXX)