diff --git a/install/base.sh b/install/base.sh
index 8dc94c509b57819cf057f19e423b3890ac3c73e9..ff0a28aad3fb372d37cb8a04f6eda6c80939f1b3 100644
--- a/install/base.sh
+++ b/install/base.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ apt install -y wget unzip git python3-dev python3-pip python2.7-dev curl vim
 cd /tmp
 mkdir -p /service
 #newer version of pip2 than through apt
-wget -nv https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
+wget -nv https://bootstrap.pypa.io/pip/2.7/get-pip.py
 python2.7 get-pip.py