diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2a6037f1..7bda1647 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -14,10 +14,19 @@ ASSEST_PATH = assets/linux
 INSTALL_PATH = /usr/share/flatcam-beta
 APPS_PATH = /usr/share/applications
 
+MIN_PY3_MINOR_VERSION := 5
+PY3_MINOR_VERSION := $(shell python3 --version | cut -d'.' -f2)
+
+ifneq ($(MIN_PY3_MINOR_VERSION), $(firstword $(sort $(PY3_MINOR_VERSION) $(MIN_PY3_MINOR_VERSION))))
+    $(info Current python version is 3.$(PY3_MINOR_VERSION))
+    $(error You must have at least 3.$(MIN_PY3_MINOR_VERSION) installed)
+endif
+
 install:
 ifeq ($(USER_ID), 0)
 	@ echo "Installing it system-wide"
 	cp -rf $(LOCAL_PATH) $(INSTALL_PATH)
+	@ sed -i "s|python_script_path=.*|python_script_path=$(INSTALL_PATH)|g" $(INSTALL_PATH)/assets/linux/flatcam-beta
 	ln -sf $(INSTALL_PATH)/assets/linux/flatcam-beta /usr/local/bin
 	cp -f $(ASSEST_PATH)/flatcam-beta.desktop $(APPS_PATH)
 	@ sed -i "s|Exec=.*|Exec=$(INSTALL_PATH)/$(ASSEST_PATH)/flatcam-beta|g" $(APPS_PATH)/flatcam-beta.desktop
diff --git a/assets/linux/flatcam-beta b/assets/linux/flatcam-beta
index 3eed9aaa..92f18f39 100755
--- a/assets/linux/flatcam-beta
+++ b/assets/linux/flatcam-beta
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-current_path=$(dirname $0)
-cd $current_path
-current_path=$(pwd)
-cd -
-
-script_path=$(dirname $current_path)
-
-python3 $script_path/FlatCAM.py $*
+script_path=$(readlink -f $0)
+python_script_path=$(dirname $script_path)/../../
+python3 $python_script_path/FlatCAM.py $*