diff --git a/debian/patches/01_change_interpreter.patch b/debian/patches/01_change_interpreter.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e19fb14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/01_change_interpreter.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+diff -Nur -x '*.orig' -x '*~' terminator-0.10/terminatorlib/configfile.py terminator-0.10.new/terminatorlib/configfile.py
+--- terminator-0.10/terminatorlib/configfile.py	2008-08-28 09:17:49.000000000 -0500
++++ terminator-0.10.new/terminatorlib/configfile.py	2008-09-06 15:07:54.000000000 -0500
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-#!/usr/local/bin/python
++#!/usr/bin/python
+ 
+ import re
+ from terminatorlib.config import dbg, debug
+diff -Nur -x '*.orig' -x '*~' terminator-0.10/terminatorlib/debugserver.py terminator-0.10.new/terminatorlib/debugserver.py
+--- terminator-0.10/terminatorlib/debugserver.py	2008-08-28 09:17:49.000000000 -0500
++++ terminator-0.10.new/terminatorlib/debugserver.py	2008-09-06 15:07:34.000000000 -0500
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-#!/usr/local/bin/python
++#!/usr/bin/python
+ #
+ # Copyright (c) 2008, Thomas Hurst <tom@hur.st>
+ #
+diff -Nur -x '*.orig' -x '*~' terminator-0.10/terminatorlib/freebsd.py terminator-0.10.new/terminatorlib/freebsd.py
+--- terminator-0.10/terminatorlib/freebsd.py	2008-08-28 09:17:49.000000000 -0500
++++ terminator-0.10.new/terminatorlib/freebsd.py	2008-09-06 15:07:45.000000000 -0500
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-#!/usr/local/bin/python
++#!/usr/bin/python
+ #
+ # Copyright (c) 2008, Thomas Hurst <tom@hur.st>
+ #
diff --git a/debian/pycompat b/debian/pycompat
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0cfbf088
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/pycompat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2