diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 4bd0a6e..9561fb1 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 include README.rst
-graft kernelspec
diff --git a/kernelspec/kernel.json b/kernelspec/kernel.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e9dbf2..0000000
--- a/kernelspec/kernel.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{"argv":["python3","-m","bash_kernel", "-f", "{connection_file}"],
- "display_name":"Bash",
- "language":"bash",
- "codemirror_mode":"shell"
-}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c20ddd8..6e31310 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,12 +1,29 @@
 from distutils.core import setup
 from distutils.command.install import install
+import json
+import os.path
 import sys
 
+kernel_json = {"argv":[sys.executable,"-m","bash_kernel", "-f", "{connection_file}"],
+ "display_name":"Bash",
+ "language":"bash",
+ "codemirror_mode":"shell"
+}
+
 class install_with_kernelspec(install):
     def run(self):
+        # Regular installation
         install.run(self)
-        from IPython.kernel.kernelspec import install_kernel_spec
-        install_kernel_spec('kernelspec', 'bash', replace=True)
+
+        # Now write the kernelspec
+        from IPython.kernel.kernelspec import KernelSpecManager
+        from IPython.utils.path import ensure_dir_exists
+        destdir = os.path.join(KernelSpecManager().user_kernel_dir, 'bash')
+        ensure_dir_exists(destdir)
+        with open(os.path.join(destdir, 'kernel.json'), 'w') as f:
+            json.dump(kernel_json, f, sort_keys=True)
+        
+        # TODO: Copy resources once they're specified
 
 with open('README.rst') as f:
     readme = f.read()