diff --git a/pwncat/platform/linux.py b/pwncat/platform/linux.py
index 448c1ef..7ac85ad 100644
--- a/pwncat/platform/linux.py
+++ b/pwncat/platform/linux.py
@@ -547,11 +547,12 @@ class Linux(Platform):
             return
 
         pty_command = None
+        shell = self.getenv("SHELL")
 
         if pty_command is None:
             script_path = self.which("script")
             if script_path is not None:
-                pty_command = f""" exec {script_path} -qc /bin/sh /dev/null 2>&1\n"""
+                pty_command = f""" exec {script_path} -qc {shell} /dev/null 2>&1\n"""
 
         if pty_command is None:
             python_path = self.which(
@@ -566,7 +567,7 @@ class Linux(Platform):
                 ]
             )
             if python_path is not None:
-                pty_command = f"""exec {python_path} -c "import pty; pty.spawn('/bin/sh')" 2>&1\n"""
+                pty_command = f"""exec {python_path} -c "import pty; pty.spawn('{shell} -i')" 2>&1\n"""
 
         if pty_command is not None:
             self.logger.info(pty_command.rstrip("\n"))