diff --git a/ets2panda/scripts/es2panda_coverage.sh b/ets2panda/scripts/es2panda_coverage.sh
index f6a2ed89d12a9e0e6071ee8730cf18ac902d0025..f7f4eeb211973e768410028d45e4755745608b93 100644
--- a/ets2panda/scripts/es2panda_coverage.sh
+++ b/ets2panda/scripts/es2panda_coverage.sh
@@ -28,9 +28,16 @@ case "$ARGUMENT" in
 esac
 done
 
-python $PANDA_ROOT/tools/es2panda/scripts/test_runner.py \
+source $PANDA_ROOT/scripts/python/venv-utils.sh
+activate_venv
+set +e
+
+python3 $PANDA_ROOT/tools/es2panda/scripts/test_runner.py \
     --builddir $PANDA_BINARY_ROOT --arkdir $PANDA_ROOT --all
 
+set -e
+deactivate_venv
+
 gcov $PANDA_BINARY_ROOT/tools/es2panda/CMakeFiles/es2panda-lib.dir/*/*
 
 if [ -x "$(command -v gcovr)" ]; then
diff --git a/ets2panda/scripts/test_runner.py b/ets2panda/scripts/test_runner.py
index 72509098857e1401b093b6bc5a64501a187cb5de..8cafca97578dc721043030c4477361e38ed2bb21 100644
--- a/ets2panda/scripts/test_runner.py
+++ b/ets2panda/scripts/test_runner.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def main():
     if not os.path.isfile(testrunner):
         print("The following script is not executable or exist: {0}".format(testrunner))
 
-    general_cmd = ['python', testrunner, '--build-dir', options.builddir, '--force-generate',
+    general_cmd = ['python', '-B', testrunner, '--build-dir', options.builddir, '--force-generate',
                    '--show-progress', '--processes', 'all', '--timeout', str(options.timeout)]
 
     if options.all: