diff --git a/pisi/actionsapi/get.py b/pisi/actionsapi/get.py
index c8005f73..65a5c55c 100644
--- a/pisi/actionsapi/get.py
+++ b/pisi/actionsapi/get.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def curKERNEL():
 
 def curPYTHON():
     ''' returns currently used python's version'''
-    return os.readlink("/usr/bin/python")
+    return os.path.basename(os.readlink("/usr/bin/python"))
 
 def ENV(environ):
     '''returns any given environ variable'''