diff --git a/fish_prompt.fish b/fish_prompt.fish
index 67b38c9..0a3f463 100644
--- a/fish_prompt.fish
+++ b/fish_prompt.fish
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ function __bobthefish_prompt_rubies -S -d 'Display current Ruby information'
 end
 
 function __bobthefish_virtualenv_python_version -S -d 'Get current Python version'
-  switch (python --version ^| tr '\n' ' ')
+  switch (python --version ^&1 | tr '\n' ' ')
     case 'Python 2*PyPy*'
       echo $__bobthefish_pypy_glyph
     case 'Python 3*PyPy*'