diff --git a/share/functions/fish_config.fish b/share/functions/fish_config.fish
index 48b113c78..4684fc351 100644
--- a/share/functions/fish_config.fish
+++ b/share/functions/fish_config.fish
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 function fish_config --description "Launch fish's web based configuration"
-    # Support passing an initial tab like "colors" or "functions"
-    set -l initial_tab
-    if count $argv >/dev/null
-        set initial_tab $argv[1]
+    set -lx __fish_bin_dir $__fish_bin_dir
+    if command -sq python3
+        python3 "$__fish_datadir/tools/web_config/webconfig.py" $argv
+    else if command -sq python2
+        python2 "$__fish_datadir/tools/web_config/webconfig.py" $argv
+    else if command -sq python
+        python "$__fish_datadir/tools/web_config/webconfig.py" $argv
     end
-    set -x __fish_bin_dir $__fish_bin_dir
-    eval (string escape $__fish_datadir/tools/web_config/webconfig.py) $initial_tab
 end