diff --git a/bin/sat b/bin/sat
index 6ccea7b4..e6319020 100755
--- a/bin/sat
+++ b/bin/sat
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ DEBUG=""
 DAEMON=""
 PYTHON="python3"
 
-# for Python 3, "twistd" is named "twistd3" on some distros, so we check for it first
-TWISTD="$(which twistd3 2>/dev/null)"
+TWISTD="$(which twistd 2>/dev/null)"
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-	TWISTD="$(which twistd 2>/dev/null)"
+	# for Python 3, "twistd" is named "twistd3" on some distros
+	TWISTD="$(which twistd3 2>/dev/null)"
 fi
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
   	printf "Can't find \"twistd\" script, are you sure that Twisted is installed?\n"