diff --git a/src/init/init_python.sh b/src/init/init_python.sh
index 04709ba..66f802f 100755
--- a/src/init/init_python.sh
+++ b/src/init/init_python.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+# Version 20210922_1904
 
 if [ "$OS" == "Windows_NT" ]
 then
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ then
     echo -en "Press ENTER when Setup is finished. "
     read -r RESPONSE
 else
-    PYTHON_BIN=python3
+    PYTHON_BIN="python3"
 fi
 
 echo "${PYTHON_BIN}"
@@ -21,14 +22,23 @@ else
 fi
 
 if [ -x "$(command -v pip3)" ]; then
-   PIP=pip3
+   PIP="${PYTHON_BIN} -m pip"
 else
    exit 2
 fi
 
 echo -en "Installing Python3 dependencies... "
-$PIP install --upgrade pip --no-warn-script-location 2>&1 > /dev/null
-$PIP install ipfshttpclient==0.8.0a2 web3 psutil --upgrade --no-warn-script-location 2>&1 > /dev/null
+
+if [ -f /etc/os-release ]; then
+# CentOS 8 requires sudo for pip upgrade
+   if [ "$(grep -E "^NAME=" /etc/os-release | grep CentOS)"  ]; then
+      sudo $PIP install --upgrade pip -qq > /dev/null 2>&1
+   fi
+else
+   $PIP install --upgrade pip -qq > /dev/null 2>&1
+fi
+
+$PIP install ipfshttpclient==0.8.0a2 web3 psutil --upgrade -qq > /dev/null 2>&1
 echo "done"
 
 [ -d certs ] || mkdir certs