diff --git a/java/test/src/ipaaca/JavaPythonTest.java b/java/test/src/ipaaca/JavaPythonTest.java
index bed2986402d8c0d0e967a9b28e16a906f8f16710..22f1423618e06feab071b36cfd8635a7082ba87f 100644
--- a/java/test/src/ipaaca/JavaPythonTest.java
+++ b/java/test/src/ipaaca/JavaPythonTest.java
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ public class JavaPythonTest {
 		
 		String pypr = 
 		"import sys\n" +
-		"sys.path.append('../python/build/')\n" +
-		"sys.path.append('../python/lib/')\n" +
+		"sys.path.insert(0, '../python/build/')\n" +
+		"sys.path.insert(0, '../python/lib/')\n" +
 		"import ipaaca, time\n" +
 		"ob = ipaaca.OutputBuffer('pythonside')\n" + 
 		"iu = ipaaca.IU('JavaPythonTest')\n" +