diff --git a/workflow/main.nf b/workflow/main.nf
index 0bbb35815dd8a9f9d1bf46ec90de859f9805794f..05db5dd56e21f7a99b8e47d06862e6067f158522 100644
--- a/workflow/main.nf
+++ b/workflow/main.nf
@@ -521,6 +521,7 @@ process motifSearch {
   script:
 
   """
+  module load python/3.6.1-2-anaconda
   module load meme/4.11.1-gcc-openmpi
   module load bedtools/2.26.0
   python3 $baseDir/scripts/motif_search.py -d $designMotifSearch -g $fasta -p $topPeakCount