diff --git a/gimp-plugins/installGimpML.sh b/gimp-plugins/installGimpML.sh
index bd758df..15bbcac 100644
--- a/gimp-plugins/installGimpML.sh
+++ b/gimp-plugins/installGimpML.sh
@@ -2,26 +2,34 @@ if [ ! -d "gimpenv" ]; then
 
 	echo "\n-----------Installing GIMP-ML-----------\n"
 	
-	if [ "$(uname)" == "Linux" ]; then
-		if [[ $(lsb_release -rs) == "18.04" ]]; then #for ubuntu 18.04
-			sudo apt install python-minimal
-			alias python='python2'
-		       
-		elif [[ $(lsb_release -rs) == "20.04" ]]; then #for ubuntu 20.04
-			sudo apt install python2-minimal
-			wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py 
-			alias python='python2'
-			python get-pip.py	
-			sudo apt-get install libpython2.7
-
-		elif [[ $(lsb_release -rs) == "10" ]]; then #for debian 10
-			wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py 
-			python get-pip.py
+	if python --version 2>&1 | grep -q '^Python 2\.'; then #
+	    echo 'Python 2 found.' #
+	    python -m pip install virtualenv
+	    python -m virtualenv gimpenv 
+	elif python2 --version 2>&1 | grep -q '^Python 2\.'; then 
+	    echo 'Python 2 found.' 
+	    python2 -m pip install virtualenv
+	    python2 -m virtualenv gimpenv
+	else 
+	    echo 'Python 2 NOT found!' 
+	    	if [ "$(uname)" == "Linux" ]; then
+			if [[ $(lsb_release -rs) == "18.04" ]]; then #for ubuntu 18.04
+				sudo apt install python-minimal
+				alias python='python2'
+			       
+			elif [[ $(lsb_release -rs) == "20.04" ]]; then #for ubuntu 20.04
+				sudo apt install python2-minimal
+				wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/pip/2.7/get-pip.py 
+				python get-pip.py	
+				sudo apt-get install libpython2.7
+
+			elif [[ $(lsb_release -rs) == "10" ]]; then #for debian 10
+				wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/pip/2.7/get-pip.py
+				python get-pip.py
+			fi
 		fi
-	fi
+	fi 
 
-	python -m pip install --user virtualenv
-	python -m virtualenv gimpenv
 	source gimpenv/bin/activate
 	python -m pip install torchvision
 	python -m pip install "opencv-python<=4.3"