diff --git a/package/scripts/gpu-burner.py b/package/scripts/gpu-burner.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 820f1f6..493e204
--- a/package/scripts/gpu-burner.py
+++ b/package/scripts/gpu-burner.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env python
+#! /usr/bin/env python3
 #
 # This is a slightly adapted "hello, world" script from
 # pycuda, that can be used for stressing a CUDA GPU for