diff --git a/src/Main/MainCmd.cpp b/src/Main/MainCmd.cpp
index 8dba8a5ef2..01ffa7bd78 100644
--- a/src/Main/MainCmd.cpp
+++ b/src/Main/MainCmd.cpp
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
         msg << "While initializing " << appName << " the following exception occurred: '"
             << e.what() << "'\n\n";
         msg << "Python is searching for its runtime files in the following directories:\n"
-            << Py_EncodeLocale(Py_GetPath(), nullptr) << "\n\n";
+            << Base::Interpreter().getPythonPath() << "\n\n";
         msg << "Python version information:\n" << Py_GetVersion() << "\n";
         const char* pythonhome = getenv("PYTHONHOME");
         if (pythonhome) {
diff --git a/src/Main/MainGui.cpp b/src/Main/MainGui.cpp
index bcb07ffd19..1066298cab 100644
--- a/src/Main/MainGui.cpp
+++ b/src/Main/MainGui.cpp
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
                           "Python version information:\n%4\n")
                   .arg(appName,
                        QString::fromUtf8(e.what()),
-                       QString::fromUtf8(Py_EncodeLocale(Py_GetPath(), nullptr)),
+                       QString::fromStdString(Base::Interpreter().getPythonPath()),
                        QString::fromLatin1(Py_GetVersion()));
         const char* pythonhome = getenv("PYTHONHOME");
         if (pythonhome) {