diff --git a/.config/quickshell/ii/scripts/images/find-regions-venv.sh b/.config/quickshell/ii/scripts/images/find-regions-venv.sh
index 8064256cb..d31fe4a27 100755
--- a/.config/quickshell/ii/scripts/images/find-regions-venv.sh
+++ b/.config/quickshell/ii/scripts/images/find-regions-venv.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 
 source $(eval echo $ILLOGICAL_IMPULSE_VIRTUAL_ENV)/bin/activate
 "$SCRIPT_DIR/find_regions.py" "$@"
-
+deactivate
diff --git a/.config/quickshell/ii/scripts/images/least-busy-region-venv.sh b/.config/quickshell/ii/scripts/images/least-busy-region-venv.sh
index c45e9ee04..3a5e90dcb 100755
--- a/.config/quickshell/ii/scripts/images/least-busy-region-venv.sh
+++ b/.config/quickshell/ii/scripts/images/least-busy-region-venv.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 
 source $(eval echo $ILLOGICAL_IMPULSE_VIRTUAL_ENV)/bin/activate
 "$SCRIPT_DIR/least_busy_region.py" "$@"
-
+deactivate
diff --git a/.config/quickshell/ii/scripts/thumbnails/thumbgen-venv.sh b/.config/quickshell/ii/scripts/thumbnails/thumbgen-venv.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..fc7d8729e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/quickshell/ii/scripts/thumbnails/thumbgen-venv.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+
+source $(eval echo $ILLOGICAL_IMPULSE_VIRTUAL_ENV)/bin/activate
+"$SCRIPT_DIR/thumbgen.py" "$@"
+deactivate
+
diff --git a/.config/quickshell/ii/scripts/thumbnails/thumbgen.py b/.config/quickshell/ii/scripts/thumbnails/thumbgen.py
index 4d6326aba..69f630721 100755
--- a/.config/quickshell/ii/scripts/thumbnails/thumbgen.py
+++ b/.config/quickshell/ii/scripts/thumbnails/thumbgen.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env -S\_/bin/sh\_-c\_"source\_\$(eval\_echo\_\$ILLOGICAL_IMPULSE_VIRTUAL_ENV)/bin/activate&&exec\_python\_-E\_"\$0"\_"\$@""
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 # From https://github.com/difference-engine/thumbnail-generator-ubuntu (MIT License)
 # Since the script is small and the maintainers seem inactive to accept my PR (#11) I decided to just copy it over.