diff --git a/templates/pgm_template.py b/templates/pgm_template.py
index c597992..91e104e 100755
--- a/templates/pgm_template.py
+++ b/templates/pgm_template.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 r"""
 This module is the python counterpart to pgm_template.py.
diff --git a/templates/python_pgm_template b/templates/python_pgm_template
index 12e80ce..fcd0c6f 100644
--- a/templates/python_pgm_template
+++ b/templates/python_pgm_template
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 from gen_print import *
 from gen_arg import *