diff --git a/movies/movies b/movies/movies
index 4c02cf7..32fd575 100755
--- a/movies/movies
+++ b/movies/movies
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 currentVersion="1.9.0"
 configuredClient=""
+configuredPython=""
 
 ## This function determines which http get tool the system has installed and returns an error if there isnt one
 getConfiguredClient()
@@ -20,6 +21,27 @@ getConfiguredClient()
 
 }
 
+getConfiguredPython()
+{
+  if  command -v python2 &>/dev/null ; then
+    configuredPython="python2"
+  elif command -v python &>/dev/null ; then
+    configuredPython="python"
+  else
+    echo "Error: This tool requires python 2 to be installed."
+    return 1
+  fi
+}
+
+
+python()
+{
+  case "$configuredPython" in
+    python2) python2 "$@";;
+    python) python "$@";;
+  esac
+}
+
 ## Allows to call the users configured client without if statements everywhere
 httpGet()
 {
@@ -42,25 +64,25 @@ checkInternet()
   fi
 }
 
-## This function grabs information about a movie and using python2 parses the
+## This function grabs information about a movie and using python parses the
 ## JSON response to extrapolate the information for storage
 getMovieInfo()
 {
   apiKey=946f500a # try not to abuse this it is a key that came from the ruby-scripts repo I link to.
   movie=$(echo "$@" | tr " " + ) ## format the inputs to use for the api
-  export PYTHONIOENCODING=utf8 #necessary for python2 in some cases
+  export PYTHONIOENCODING=utf8 #necessary for python in some cases
   movieInfo=$(httpGet "http://www.omdbapi.com/?t=$movie&apikey=$apiKey") > /dev/null # query the server and get the JSON response
-  checkResponse=$(echo $movieInfo | python2 -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Response']" 2> /dev/null)
+  checkResponse=$(echo $movieInfo | python -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Response']" 2> /dev/null)
   if [[ $checkResponse == "False" ]];then { echo "No movie found" ; return 1 ;} fi ## check to see if the movie was found
-  # The rest of the code is just extrapolating the data with python2 from the JSON response
-  title=$(echo $movieInfo | python2 -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Title']" 2> /dev/null)
-  year=$(echo $movieInfo | python2 -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Year']" 2> /dev/null)
-  score=$(echo $movieInfo | python2 -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Ratings'][1]['Value']" 2> /dev/null)
-  rated=$(echo $movieInfo | python2 -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Rated']" 2> /dev/null)
-  genre=$(echo $movieInfo | python2 -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Genre']" 2> /dev/null)
-  director=$(echo $movieInfo | python2 -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Director']" 2> /dev/null)
-  actors=$(echo $movieInfo | python2 -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Actors']" 2> /dev/null)
-  plot=$(echo $movieInfo | python2 -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Plot']" 2> /dev/null)
+  # The rest of the code is just extrapolating the data with python from the JSON response
+  title=$(echo $movieInfo | python -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Title']" 2> /dev/null)
+  year=$(echo $movieInfo | python -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Year']" 2> /dev/null)
+  score=$(echo $movieInfo | python -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Ratings'][1]['Value']" 2> /dev/null)
+  rated=$(echo $movieInfo | python -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Rated']" 2> /dev/null)
+  genre=$(echo $movieInfo | python -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Genre']" 2> /dev/null)
+  director=$(echo $movieInfo | python -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Director']" 2> /dev/null)
+  actors=$(echo $movieInfo | python -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Actors']" 2> /dev/null)
+  plot=$(echo $movieInfo | python -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Plot']" 2> /dev/null)
   unset movieInfo # don't need this anymore
   unset checkResponse # don't need this anymore
 }
@@ -132,6 +154,7 @@ usage()
   echo "  -v Get the tool version"
 }
 
+getConfiguredPython || exit 1
 getConfiguredClient || exit 1
 checkInternet || exit 1 # check if we have a valid internet connection if this isnt true the rest of the script will not work so stop here
 
diff --git a/short/short b/short/short
index 667ded9..f9d7e25 100755
--- a/short/short
+++ b/short/short
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 currentVersion="1.9.0"
 configuredClient=""
+configuredPython=""
 
 ## This function determines which http get tool the system has installed and returns an error if there isnt one
 getConfiguredClient()
@@ -20,6 +21,28 @@ getConfiguredClient()
 
 }
 
+
+getConfiguredPython()
+{
+  if  command -v python2 &>/dev/null ; then
+    configuredPython="python2"
+  elif command -v python &>/dev/null ; then
+    configuredPython="python"
+  else
+    echo "Error: This tool requires python 2 to be installed."
+    return 1
+  fi
+}
+
+
+python()
+{
+  case "$configuredPython" in
+    python2) python2 "$@";;
+    python) python "$@";;
+  esac
+}
+
 ## Allows to call the users configured client without if statements everywhere
 httpGet()
 {
@@ -104,12 +127,12 @@ expandURL()
     url=$1
   fi
   response=$(httpGet http://x.datasig.io/short?url=$url)
-  errorCheck=$(echo $response | python2 -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['/short']['message']" 2>  /dev/null  )
+  errorCheck=$(echo $response | python -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['/short']['message']" 2>  /dev/null  )
   if [[ $errorCheck == "Error in /short" ]];then
   echo "Error: 404 could not find the website"
   return 1
 fi
-  expandedURL=$(echo $response | python2 -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['/short']['destination']" 2>  /dev/null  )
+  expandedURL=$(echo $response | python -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['/short']['destination']" 2>  /dev/null  )
 
 }
 
@@ -121,6 +144,7 @@ printResults()
   echo "====================================================================="
 }
 
+getConfiguredPython || exit 1
 getConfiguredClient || exit 1
 checkInternet || exit 1
 
diff --git a/stocks/stocks b/stocks/stocks
index 7c9efd7..69ec12b 100755
--- a/stocks/stocks
+++ b/stocks/stocks
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 currentVersion="1.9.0"
 configuredClient=""
+configuredPython=""
 
 ## This function determines which http get tool the system has installed and returns an error if there isnt one
 getConfiguredClient()
@@ -20,6 +21,27 @@ getConfiguredClient()
 
 }
 
+getConfiguredPython()
+{
+  if  command -v python2 &>/dev/null ; then
+    configuredPython="python2"
+  elif command -v python &>/dev/null ; then
+    configuredPython="python"
+  else
+    echo "Error: This tool requires python 2 to be installed."
+    return 1
+  fi
+}
+
+
+python()
+{
+  case "$configuredPython" in
+    python2) python2 "$@";;
+    python) python "$@";;
+  esac
+}
+
 ## Allows to call the users configured client without if statements everywhere
 httpGet()
 {
@@ -41,24 +63,24 @@ checkInternet()
   fi
 }
 
-## This function grabs information about a stock and using python2 parses the
+## This function grabs information about a stock and using python parses the
 ## JSON response to extrapolate the information for storage
 getStockInformation()
 {
   stockInfo=$(httpGet  "https://www.alphavantage.co/query?function=GLOBAL_QUOTE&symbol=$1&apikey=KPCCCRJVMOGN9L6T") > /dev/null #grab the JSON response
-  export PYTHONIOENCODING=utf8 #necessary for python2 in some cases
-  echo $stockInfo | python2 -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Realtime Global Securities Quote']['02. Exchange Name']" > /dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "Not a valid stock symbol" ; exit 1; } #checking if we get any information back from the server if not chances are it isnt a valid stock symbol
-  # The rest of the code is just extrapolating the data with python2 from the JSON response
-  exchangeName=$(echo $stockInfo | python2 -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Realtime Global Securities Quote']['02. Exchange Name']")
-  latestPrice=$(echo $stockInfo | python2 -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Realtime Global Securities Quote']['03. Latest Price']")
-  open=$(echo $stockInfo | python2 -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Realtime Global Securities Quote']['04. Open (Current Trading Day)']")
-  high=$(echo $stockInfo | python2 -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Realtime Global Securities Quote']['05. High (Current Trading Day)']")
-  low=$(echo $stockInfo | python2 -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Realtime Global Securities Quote']['06. Low (Current Trading Day)']")
-  close=$(echo $stockInfo | python2 -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Realtime Global Securities Quote']['07. Close (Previous Trading Day)']")
-  priceChange=$(echo $stockInfo | python2 -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Realtime Global Securities Quote']['08. Price Change']")
-  priceChangePercentage=$(echo $stockInfo | python2 -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Realtime Global Securities Quote']['09. Price Change Percentage']")
-  volume=$(echo $stockInfo | python2 -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Realtime Global Securities Quote']['10. Volume (Current Trading Day)']")
-  lastUpdated=$(echo $stockInfo | python2 -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Realtime Global Securities Quote']['11. Last Updated']")
+  export PYTHONIOENCODING=utf8 #necessary for python in some cases
+  echo $stockInfo | python -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Realtime Global Securities Quote']['02. Exchange Name']" > /dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "Not a valid stock symbol" ; exit 1; } #checking if we get any information back from the server if not chances are it isnt a valid stock symbol
+  # The rest of the code is just extrapolating the data with python from the JSON response
+  exchangeName=$(echo $stockInfo | python -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Realtime Global Securities Quote']['02. Exchange Name']")
+  latestPrice=$(echo $stockInfo | python -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Realtime Global Securities Quote']['03. Latest Price']")
+  open=$(echo $stockInfo | python -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Realtime Global Securities Quote']['04. Open (Current Trading Day)']")
+  high=$(echo $stockInfo | python -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Realtime Global Securities Quote']['05. High (Current Trading Day)']")
+  low=$(echo $stockInfo | python -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Realtime Global Securities Quote']['06. Low (Current Trading Day)']")
+  close=$(echo $stockInfo | python -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Realtime Global Securities Quote']['07. Close (Previous Trading Day)']")
+  priceChange=$(echo $stockInfo | python -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Realtime Global Securities Quote']['08. Price Change']")
+  priceChangePercentage=$(echo $stockInfo | python -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Realtime Global Securities Quote']['09. Price Change Percentage']")
+  volume=$(echo $stockInfo | python -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Realtime Global Securities Quote']['10. Volume (Current Trading Day)']")
+  lastUpdated=$(echo $stockInfo | python -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Realtime Global Securities Quote']['11. Last Updated']")
   unset stockInfo # done with the JSON response not needed anymore
 }
 
@@ -89,7 +111,7 @@ printStockInformation()
 getTicker()
 {
   response=$(httpGet "http://d.yimg.com/autoc.finance.yahoo.com/autoc?query=$1+$2+$3+$4+$5+$6+$7+$8+$9&region=1&lang=en%22") > /dev/null
-  symbol=$(echo $response | python2 -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['ResultSet']['Result'][0]['symbol']") # using python2 to extrapolate the stock symbol
+  symbol=$(echo $response | python -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['ResultSet']['Result'][0]['symbol']") # using python to extrapolate the stock symbol
   unset response #just unsets the entire response after using it since all I need is the stock ticker
 }
 
@@ -143,6 +165,7 @@ usage()
   echo "  -v Get the tool version"
 }
 
+getConfiguredPython || exit 1
 getConfiguredClient || exit 1
 checkInternet || exit 1 # check if we have a valid internet connection if this isnt true the rest of the script will not work so stop here
 
diff --git a/taste/taste b/taste/taste
index 3695df0..40438f1 100755
--- a/taste/taste
+++ b/taste/taste
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 currentVersion="1.9.0"
 configuredClient=""
+configuredPython=""
 source ~/.bash_profile ## allows grabbing enviornment variable
 apiKey=$TASTE_API_KEY
 info="0" ## indicates if we want extra info
@@ -21,7 +22,27 @@ getConfiguredClient()
     echo "Error: This tool reqires either curl, wget, or fetch to be installed."
     return 1
   fi
+}
 
+getConfiguredPython()
+{
+  if  command -v python2 &>/dev/null ; then
+    configuredPython="python2"
+  elif command -v python &>/dev/null ; then
+    configuredPython="python"
+  else
+    echo "Error: This tool requires python 2 to be installed."
+    return 1
+  fi
+}
+
+
+python()
+{
+  case "$configuredPython" in
+    python2) python2 "$@";;
+    python) python "$@";;
+  esac
 }
 
 ## Allows to call the users configured client without if statements everywhere
@@ -90,35 +111,35 @@ update()
 ## This function gets 3 results similar to the item of interest
 getSimilar()
 {
-  export PYTHONIOENCODING=utf8 #necessary for python2 in some cases
+  export PYTHONIOENCODING=utf8 #necessary for python in some cases
   media=$( echo "$@" | tr " " + )
   response=$(httpGet "https://tastedive.com/api/similar?q=$media&k=$apiKey&info=$info")
   ## Extrapolate the information by parsing the JSON
-  nameOne=$(echo $response | python2 -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Similar']['Results'][0]['Name']" 2>  /dev/null || { echo "Error: Did you search a valid item?"; return 1; } )
-  typeOne=$(echo $response | python2 -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Similar']['Results'][0]['Type']" 2>  /dev/null)
-  nameTwo=$(echo $response | python2 -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Similar']['Results'][1]['Name']" 2>  /dev/null)
-  typeTwo=$(echo $response | python2 -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Similar']['Results'][1]['Type']" 2>  /dev/null)
-  nameThree=$(echo $response | python2 -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Similar']['Results'][2]['Name']" 2>  /dev/null)
-  typeThree=$(echo $response | python2 -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Similar']['Results'][2]['Type']" 2>  /dev/null)
+  nameOne=$(echo $response | python -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Similar']['Results'][0]['Name']" 2>  /dev/null || { echo "Error: Did you search a valid item?"; return 1; } )
+  typeOne=$(echo $response | python -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Similar']['Results'][0]['Type']" 2>  /dev/null)
+  nameTwo=$(echo $response | python -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Similar']['Results'][1]['Name']" 2>  /dev/null)
+  typeTwo=$(echo $response | python -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Similar']['Results'][1]['Type']" 2>  /dev/null)
+  nameThree=$(echo $response | python -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Similar']['Results'][2]['Name']" 2>  /dev/null)
+  typeThree=$(echo $response | python -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Similar']['Results'][2]['Type']" 2>  /dev/null)
   if [[ $info == "1" ]];then ## if we want more detailed info we have to grab a few more fields
-    wikiOne=$(echo $response | python2 -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Similar']['Results'][0]['wTeaser']" 2>  /dev/null)
-    wikiTwo=$(echo $response | python2 -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Similar']['Results'][1]['wTeaser']" 2>  /dev/null)
-    wikiThree=$(echo $response | python2 -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Similar']['Results'][2]['wTeaser']" 2>  /dev/null)
-    youtube=$(echo $response | python2 -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Similar']['Results'][0]['yUrl']" 2>  /dev/null)
+    wikiOne=$(echo $response | python -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Similar']['Results'][0]['wTeaser']" 2>  /dev/null)
+    wikiTwo=$(echo $response | python -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Similar']['Results'][1]['wTeaser']" 2>  /dev/null)
+    wikiThree=$(echo $response | python -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Similar']['Results'][2]['wTeaser']" 2>  /dev/null)
+    youtube=$(echo $response | python -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Similar']['Results'][0]['yUrl']" 2>  /dev/null)
   fi
 }
 
 ## This function grabs all the information it can on the item of interest itself
 getInfo()
 {
-  export PYTHONIOENCODING=utf8 #necessary for python2 in some cases
+  export PYTHONIOENCODING=utf8 #necessary for python in some cases
   media=$( echo "$@" | tr " " + )
   response=$(httpGet "https://tastedive.com/api/similar?q=$media&k=$apiKey&info=$info")
-  name=$(echo $response | python2 -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Similar']['Info'][0]['Name']")
-  type=$(echo $response | python2 -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Similar']['Info'][0]['Type']")
+  name=$(echo $response | python -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Similar']['Info'][0]['Name']")
+  type=$(echo $response | python -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Similar']['Info'][0]['Type']")
   if [[ $info == "1" ]]; then
-    wiki=$(echo $response | python2 -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Similar']['Info'][0]['wTeaser']")
-    youtube=$(echo $response | python2 -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Similar']['Info'][0]['yUrl']")
+    wiki=$(echo $response | python -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Similar']['Info'][0]['wTeaser']")
+    youtube=$(echo $response | python -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Similar']['Info'][0]['yUrl']")
   else
     wiki="None"
     youtube="None"
@@ -183,6 +204,7 @@ if [[ $apiKey == "" ]];then
   echo "After following all the steps and issues still persist try adding TASTE_API_KEY manually to your .bashrc"
   exit 1
 fi
+getConfiguredPython || exit 1
 getConfiguredClient || exit 1
 checkInternet || exit 1