diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fa59aa80c280edaca9d69e0f816c44967f170f60..6c3d036f6d585e3dd2d8a2b307ea0060363ba2bb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class fsl_sdist(sdist):
     def __patch_py_file(self, filename, licence):
 
         licence = licence.split('\n')
-        licence = ['# {}'.format(l) for l in licence]
+        licence = ['# {0}'.format(l) for l in licence]
 
         with open(filename, 'rt') as f:
             lines = f.read().split('\n')
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class fsl_sdist(sdist):
 
         # Insert the fsl hashbang and the licence
         lines = ['#!/usr/bin/env fslpython'] + ['#'] + licence + lines
-        lines = ['{}\n'.format(l) for l in lines]
+        lines = ['{0}\n'.format(l) for l in lines]
 
         with open(filename, 'wt') as f:
             f.writelines(lines)