diff --git a/bin/windows/evennia.py b/bin/windows/evennia.py
index 653ea2eec6..931ef3a14b 100755
--- a/bin/windows/evennia.py
+++ b/bin/windows/evennia.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#! /usr/bin/python
 """
 Windows launcher. This is called by a dynamically created .bat file in
 the python bin directory and makes the 'evennia' program available on