diff --git a/pyspark b/pyspark
index 155ccd4fdfa15c9b9f3a3ced607c4b1264b9e81e..aedc51e04830773b052dabf2beb2bde2d72d80fc 100755
--- a/pyspark
+++ b/pyspark
@@ -23,10 +23,12 @@ FWDIR="$(cd `dirname $0`; pwd)"
 # Export this as SPARK_HOME
 export SPARK_HOME="$FWDIR"
 
+SCALA_VERSION=2.9.3
+
 # Exit if the user hasn't compiled Spark
 if [ ! -f "$FWDIR/RELEASE" ]; then
   # Exit if the user hasn't compiled Spark
-  ls "$FWDIR"/assembly/target/scala-$SCALA_VERSION/spark-assembly*.jar >& /dev/null
+  ls "$FWDIR"/assembly/target/scala-$SCALA_VERSION/spark-assembly*hadoop*.jar >& /dev/null
   if [[ $? != 0 ]]; then
     echo "Failed to find Spark assembly in $FWDIR/assembly/target" >&2
     echo "You need to compile Spark before running this program" >&2