diff --git a/lxc/executors/paradoc b/lxc/executors/paradoc
index be58dad..f82630a 100755
--- a/lxc/executors/paradoc
+++ b/lxc/executors/paradoc
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 cd /tmp/$2
-timeout -s KILL 3 python3 -m paradoc code.code < args.args
+export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/opt/paradoc
+timeout -s KILL 3 python3.8 -m paradoc code.code < args.args
diff --git a/lxc/test_all_lxc b/lxc/test_all_lxc
index 493c4b5..122ccc4 100755
--- a/lxc/test_all_lxc
+++ b/lxc/test_all_lxc
@@ -52,4 +52,4 @@ echo 'testing python2'
 echo 'testing python3'
 ../../cli/execute python3 test3.py
 echo 'testing paradoc'
-../../cli/execute python3 test_paradoc.py
+../../cli/execute bash test_paradoc.sh
diff --git a/lxc/tests/test_paradoc.py b/lxc/tests/test_paradoc.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 3acba15..0000000
--- a/lxc/tests/test_paradoc.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-try:
-    import paradoc
-    print('good')
-except:
-    pass
diff --git a/lxc/tests/test_paradoc.sh b/lxc/tests/test_paradoc.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f70e1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lxc/tests/test_paradoc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# add paradoc module to python python
+export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/opt/paradoc
+# file for test code
+test_code=/tmp/paradoc.test
+# save test code to file
+echo -n iP>$test_code
+# pass param to paradoc module and have it print it
+echo good | python3.8 -m paradoc $test_code 
+# clean test code
+rm -f $test_code
diff --git a/var/install.txt b/var/install.txt
index ae81b05..c9b151c 100644
--- a/var/install.txt
+++ b/var/install.txt
@@ -55,8 +55,6 @@ source /opt/.profile
 # therefore it cannot be run directly as it requires python3 to be installed
 cd /opt && mkdir paradoc && cd paradoc
 git clone https://github.com/betaveros/paradoc.git
-echo 'export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/opt/paradoc/paradoc' >> /opt/.profile
-source /opt/.profile
 
 # install node.js
 # final binary: /opt/nodejs/node-v12.16.1-linux-x64/bin/node