diff --git a/srcpkgs/couchpotato/template b/srcpkgs/couchpotato/template
index f89f504233a..3d7e27004d1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/couchpotato/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/couchpotato/template
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://couchpota.to"
 distfiles="https://github.com/RuudBurger/CouchPotatoServer/archive/build/${version}.tar.gz>${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=f08f9c6ac02f66c6667f17ded1eea4c051a62bbcbadd2a8673394019878e92f7
+python_version=2 #unverified
 couchpotato_homedir="/var/lib/couchpotato"
 system_accounts="couchpotato"