diff --git a/Buildings/Resources/src/ThermalZones/install.py b/Buildings/Resources/src/ThermalZones/install.py
index 25115d2d697..4b3bc487931 100755
--- a/Buildings/Resources/src/ThermalZones/install.py
+++ b/Buildings/Resources/src/ThermalZones/install.py
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
   # Parse the arguments
   args = parser.parse_args()
 
-  proc=[os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)),  "EnergyPlus_9_6_0", "install.py")]
+  proc=["python", os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), "EnergyPlus_9_6_0", "install.py")] 
 
   if args.binaries_for_os_only:
     proc += ["--binaries-for-os-only"]
 
-  subprocess.run(proc, shell=True)
+  subprocess.run(proc, shell=False)