diff --git a/server/.gitignore b/server/.gitignore
index 08d7241be..58a4a9c39 100644
--- a/server/.gitignore
+++ b/server/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ scrypted.db.bak
 .exit
 .update
 .venv
+py
diff --git a/server/bin/postinstall b/server/bin/postinstall
index c9838b167..0f21f125f 100644
--- a/server/bin/postinstall
+++ b/server/bin/postinstall
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
+const path = require('path');
 const child_process = require('child_process');
 const { PortablePython } = require('@bjia56/portable-python')
 const { once } = require('events');
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ async function pipInstall(pkg) {
 }
 
 async function installScryptedServerRequirements() {
-    const py = new PortablePython("3.9");
+    const py = new PortablePython("3.9", path.join(path.dirname(__dirname), 'py'));
     await py.install();
     python = py.executablePath;
 
diff --git a/server/package-lock.json b/server/package-lock.json
index 468ab0036..269b82991 100644
--- a/server/package-lock.json
+++ b/server/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@scrypted/server",
-  "version": "0.94.19",
+  "version": "0.94.20",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@scrypted/server",
-      "version": "0.94.19",
+      "version": "0.94.20",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
diff --git a/server/package.json b/server/package.json
index d9dc8076d..eb9a8e115 100644
--- a/server/package.json
+++ b/server/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@scrypted/server",
-  "version": "0.94.20",
+  "version": "0.94.21",
   "description": "",
   "dependencies": {
     "@bjia56/portable-python": "^0.1.3",
diff --git a/server/src/plugin/runtime/python-worker.ts b/server/src/plugin/runtime/python-worker.ts
index c5f2628fd..c2f06efc2 100644
--- a/server/src/plugin/runtime/python-worker.ts
+++ b/server/src/plugin/runtime/python-worker.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export class PythonRuntimeWorker extends ChildProcessWorker {
     static {
         try {
             const PortablePython  = require('@bjia56/portable-python').PortablePython as typeof PortablePythonType;
-            const py = new PortablePython("3.9");
+            const py = new PortablePython("3.9", path.join(path.dirname(__dirname), '..', '..', 'py'));
             const portablePython = py.executablePath;
             if (fs.existsSync(portablePython))
                 process.env.SCRYPTED_PYTHON_PATH = portablePython;