diff --git a/functions.sh b/functions.sh
index 02d0237..f443ebe 100644
--- a/functions.sh
+++ b/functions.sh
@@ -350,3 +350,17 @@ oci_push_to_registry () {
         fi
     fi
 }
+
+my_podman_compose () {
+    podman_compose_path=$(which podman-compose)
+
+    if [[ ! -z ${podman_compose_path} ]]; then  
+        for py in python3.9 python3.6; do
+            ${py} ${podman_compose_path} --version 2>/dev/null 1>&2
+            if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
+                "${py} ${podman_compose_path} ${@}"
+                break
+            fi
+        done
+    fi
+}
diff --git a/podman-framadate/10_install.sh b/podman-framadate/10_install.sh
index 51442ce..6ed5157 100755
--- a/podman-framadate/10_install.sh
+++ b/podman-framadate/10_install.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ if ! podman image exists ${framadate_image}:${framadate_version}; then
 fi
 podman image pull ${mysql_image}:${mysql_version} &&
 
-python3.9 podman-compose --pod-args="--infra=true --infra-name=${project_name}_infra --share=" --podman-run-args "--requires=${project_name}_infra --env-file .env" up -d &&
+my_podman_compose --pod-args="--infra=true --infra-name=${project_name}_infra --share=" --podman-run-args "--requires=${project_name}_infra --env-file .env" up -d &&
 echo -n "Waiting for initialization to end... " &&
 ( podman container logs -f framadate-app 2>&1 & ) | grep -q 'configured -- resuming normal operations' &&
 echo "OK" &&
diff --git a/podman-gitea/10_install.sh b/podman-gitea/10_install.sh
index 6903a18..9eb5c66 100755
--- a/podman-gitea/10_install.sh
+++ b/podman-gitea/10_install.sh
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ fi
 podman image pull ${postgres_image}:${postgres_version} &&
 # force refresh of app.ini
 podman unshare rm -f `get_podman_volume_path ${datavolume}`/gitea/conf/app.ini
-python3.9 podman-compose --pod-args="--infra=true --infra-name=${project_name}_infra --share=" --podman-run-args "--requires=${project_name}_infra --env-file .env" up -d &&
+my_podman_compose --pod-args="--infra=true --infra-name=${project_name}_infra --share=" --podman-run-args "--requires=${project_name}_infra --env-file .env" up -d &&
 echo -n "Waiting for gitea to finish starting " &&
 ( podman container logs -f ${container_name} 2>&1 & ) | grep -q 'NewServer()' &&
 echo "OK" &&