diff --git a/bleMD/__init__.py b/bleMD/__init__.py
index 3bc5541..b1f8fc5 100644
--- a/bleMD/__init__.py
+++ b/bleMD/__init__.py
@@ -255,8 +255,13 @@ def draw(self, context):
 
 
 def installOvito():
-    import pip
-    pip.main(['install', 'ovito'])
+    import sys
+    import subprocess
+    exe = sys.executable
+    subprocess.check_call([exe,'-m','pip','install','ovito'])
+
+    #import pip
+    #pip.main(['install', 'ovito'])
     import ovito
  
 print('FINISHED')