diff --git a/docs/build-templates/searxng.rst b/docs/build-templates/searxng.rst
index 68cf3ef32..0474aafe3 100644
--- a/docs/build-templates/searxng.rst
+++ b/docs/build-templates/searxng.rst
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ ${fedora_build}
        $ sudo -H -u ${SERVICE_USER} -i
        (${SERVICE_USER})$ cd ${SEARXNG_SRC}
        (${SERVICE_USER})$ export SEARXNG_SETTINGS_PATH=\"${SEARXNG_SETTINGS_PATH}\"
-       (${SERVICE_USER})$ python searx/webapp.py
+       (${SERVICE_USER})$ python -m searx.webapp
 
        # disable debug
        $ sudo -H sed -i -e \"s/debug : True/debug : False/g\" \"$SEARXNG_SETTINGS_PATH\"
diff --git a/utils/searxng.sh b/utils/searxng.sh
index ccf9f34eb..24add5928 100755
--- a/utils/searxng.sh
+++ b/utils/searxng.sh
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ searxng.instance.localtest() {
     tee_stderr 0.1 <<EOF | sudo -H -u "${SERVICE_USER}" -i 2>&1 | prefix_stdout "$_service_prefix"
 export SEARXNG_SETTINGS_PATH="${SEARXNG_SETTINGS_PATH}"
 cd ${SEARXNG_SRC}
-timeout 10 python searx/webapp.py &
+timeout 10 python -m searx/webapp &
 sleep 3
 curl --location --verbose --head --insecure ${SEARXNG_INTERNAL_HTTP}
 EOF