diff --git a/bin/setup_bec.sh b/bin/setup_bec.sh
index 66bbb89..acec301 100755
--- a/bin/setup_bec.sh
+++ b/bin/setup_bec.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ if [ "pc15543.psi.ch" != "$(hostname)" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-module add psi-python38/2020.11
+module add psi-python39/2021.11
 echo module add tmux/3.2 >> ~/.bashrc
 echo module add redis/7.0.12 >> ~/.bashrc
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ read -p "Do you want to set the current BEC account to $(whoami)? (yes/no) " yn
 
 val=$(whoami)
 
-case $yn in 
+case $yn in
 	yes ) echo ok, setting account to $val;
     redis-cli SET internal/account:val $val;;
 	no ) echo ;;
@@ -45,5 +45,3 @@ esac
 
 
 $(pwd)/open_tunnel.sh
-
-
diff --git a/bin/setup_bec_widgets.sh b/bin/setup_bec_widgets.sh
index 35016f5..719073e 100755
--- a/bin/setup_bec_widgets.sh
+++ b/bin/setup_bec_widgets.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-module add psi-python38/2020.11
+module add psi-python39/2021.11
 
 cd ~/Data10/software
 python -m venv ./bec_widgets_venv
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ pip install -e .
 cd ~/Data10/software/bec-widgets
 pip install -e .
 
-echo "For the moment widgets only run on beamline consoles comp1/2 and cons1" 
+echo "For the moment widgets only run on beamline consoles comp1/2 and cons1"
diff --git a/deployment/deploy.sh b/deployment/deploy.sh
index 6591502..e14dbca 100755
--- a/deployment/deploy.sh
+++ b/deployment/deploy.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # BEAMLINE_REPO=gitlab.psi.ch:bec/csaxs-bec.git
 # git clone git@$BEAMLINE_REPO
 
-module add psi-python38/2020.11
+module add psi-python39/2021.11
 
 # start redis
 docker run --network=host --name redis-bec -d redis
@@ -25,4 +25,3 @@ source ./bin/install_bec_dev.sh
 cd ../
 # start the BEC server
 bec-server start --config ./csaxs-bec/deployment/bec-server-config.yaml
-