diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2f51ab7adc2766858e3019cd18ab902e1b066dee..0ba7a965f8558c2d82adb2e1fa4ff31dfc4419d1 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -50,4 +50,4 @@ install:
 script:
     - ./.travis_build.sh
     - sudo dpkg -i ../moose*.deb 
-    - python -c 'import moose;print(moose.version());print(moose.__file__)'
+    - /usr/bin/python -c 'import moose;print(moose.version());print(moose.__file__)'