diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6221cdd..925bc09 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+PYTHON=python
+
 css:
-	python -c "import sass; sass.compile(dirname=('sass', 'static/css'), output_style='compressed')"
+	$(PYTHON) -c "import sass; sass.compile(dirname=('sass', 'static/css'), output_style='compressed')"
 
 password:
-	python -c "import bcrypt; from getpass import getpass; print(bcrypt.hashpw(getpass().encode('utf-8'), bcrypt.gensalt()).decode('utf-8'))"
+	$(PYTHON) -c "import bcrypt; from getpass import getpass; print(bcrypt.hashpw(getpass().encode('utf-8'), bcrypt.gensalt()).decode('utf-8'))"
 
 docker:
 	mypy . --ignore-missing-imports