diff --git a/roles/nuancier/tasks/main.yml b/roles/nuancier/tasks/main.yml
index 8f48c1781b..895efab5ce 100644
--- a/roles/nuancier/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nuancier/tasks/main.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
   - setup
 
 - name: create the database scheme
-  command: NUANCIER_CONFIG=/etc/nuancier/nuancier-lite.cfg python /usr/share/nuancier/nuancier-lite_createdb.py
+  command: NUANCIER_CONFIG=/etc/nuancier/nuancier-lite.cfg /usr/bin/python2 /usr/share/nuancier/nuancier-lite_createdb.py
 
 - name: replace the nuancier configuration file by the one with the normal user
   template: src={{ item.file }}