diff -u a/src/journal.sh b/src/journal.sh
--- a/src/journal.sh
+++ b/src/journal.sh
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@
 __INTERNAL_JournalXMLCreate() {
     local res=0
     [[ "$BEAKERLIB_JOURNAL" == "0" ]] || {
-      if which python &> /dev/null; then
+      if which python3 &> /dev/null; then
         $__INTERNAL_JOURNALIST $__INTERNAL_XSLT --metafile \
           "$__INTERNAL_BEAKERLIB_METAFILE" --journal "$__INTERNAL_BEAKERLIB_JOURNAL"
         res=$?