diff --git a/afsk/main.c b/afsk/main.c
index c681df1f..6c6d1d50 100644
--- a/afsk/main.c
+++ b/afsk/main.c
@@ -127,6 +127,9 @@ int cw_id = ON;
 int vB4 = FALSE, vB5 = FALSE, ax5043 = FALSE, transmit = FALSE, onLed, onLedOn, onLedOff, txLed, txLedOn, txLedOff, payload = OFF;
 float batteryThreshold = 0;
 
+char pythonCmd = "ython3 /home/pi/CubeSatSim/python/voltcurrent.py ";
+char pythonStr[100];
+
 struct SensorConfig {
     int fd;
     uint16_t  config;
@@ -481,9 +484,14 @@ else
   tempSensor 	  = config_sensor("/dev/i2c-3", 0x48, 0);  
  }
 
-   FILE* file1 = popen("python3 /home/pi/CubeSatSim/python/voltcurrent.py 1 11 c", "r");
+   strcpy(pythonStr, pythonCmd);
+   strcat(pythonStr, "1 11 c")
+	
+//   FILE* file1 = popen("python3 /home/pi/CubeSatSim/python/voltcurrent.py 1 11 c", "r");
+   FILE* file1 = popen(pythonStr, "r");
    char cmdbuffer[1000];
    fgets(cmdbuffer, 1000, file1);
+   printf("pythonStr result: %s\n", cmdbuffer);
    pclose(file1);	
 	
 // try connecting to Arduino payload using UART