diff --git a/themes/base.theme.bash b/themes/base.theme.bash
index 12df1d8a..cc56bdff 100644
--- a/themes/base.theme.bash
+++ b/themes/base.theme.bash
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ function condaenv_prompt {
 }
 
 function py_interp_prompt {
-  py_version=$(python --version 2>&1 | awk '{print "py-"$2;}') || return
+  py_version=$(python --version 2>&1 | awk 'NR==1{print "py-"$2;}') || return
   echo -e "${PYTHON_THEME_PROMPT_PREFIX}${py_version}${PYTHON_THEME_PROMPT_SUFFIX}"
 }