diff --git a/lxc/executors/python3 b/lxc/executors/python3
index e7eb67b..0749d88 100755
--- a/lxc/executors/python3
+++ b/lxc/executors/python3
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 cd /tmp/$2
-runuser runner$1 -c "cd /tmp/$2 ; cat args.args | xargs -d '\n' timeout -s KILL 3 python3.6 code.code"
+runuser runner$1 -c "cd /tmp/$2 ; cat args.args | xargs -d '\n' timeout -s KILL 3 python3.8 code.code"
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index f05cb3a..a44a202 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ tar -xf Python-3.8.2.tar
 cd Python-3.8.2
 ./configure
 make
+ln -s python python3.8
 echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/opt/python3/Python-3.8.2' >> /opt/.profile
 source /opt/.profile