diff --git a/utils/novnc_proxy b/utils/novnc_proxy
index 0365c1e..7eba2db 100755
--- a/utils/novnc_proxy
+++ b/utils/novnc_proxy
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ if [[ -d ${HERE}/websockify ]]; then
 
     echo "Using local websockify at $WEBSOCKIFY"
 else
-    WEBSOCKIFY_FROMSYSTEM=$(which websockify 2>/dev/null)
+    WEBSOCKIFY_FROMSYSTEM="@websockify@/bin/websockify"
     WEBSOCKIFY_FROMSNAP=${HERE}/../usr/bin/python2-websockify
     [ -f $WEBSOCKIFY_FROMSYSTEM ] && WEBSOCKIFY=$WEBSOCKIFY_FROMSYSTEM
     [ -f $WEBSOCKIFY_FROMSNAP ] && WEBSOCKIFY=$WEBSOCKIFY_FROMSNAP