diff --git a/scripts/fmt.sh b/scripts/fmt.sh
index 8a8cda6..882eb3d 100755
--- a/scripts/fmt.sh
+++ b/scripts/fmt.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@ set -eux pipefail
 scripts_home="$(dirname "$(realpath "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")"
 project_home="$(dirname "${scripts_home}")"
 cd "${project_home}"
+# shellcheck source=/dev/null
+. "${scripts_home}/shared.sh"
 
-isort ./*.py example/*.py example/**/*.py
-black --config pyproject.toml example/ ./*.py
\ No newline at end of file
+# unless we manually provide an override, use whatever's
+# on the path by default.
+if ! is-set PYTHON; then
+    isort ./*.py example/*.py example/**/*.py
+    black --config pyproject.toml example/ ./*.py
+else
+    ${PYTHON} -m isort ./*.py example/*.py example/**/*.py
+    ${PYTHON} -m black --config pyproject.toml example/ ./*.py
+fi
diff --git a/scripts/lint.sh b/scripts/lint.sh
index 2793f1a..892d686 100755
--- a/scripts/lint.sh
+++ b/scripts/lint.sh
@@ -8,10 +8,18 @@ set -eux pipefail
 scripts_home="$(dirname "$(realpath "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")"
 project_home="$(dirname "${scripts_home}")"
 cd "${project_home}"
+# shellcheck source=/dev/null
+. "${scripts_home}/shared.sh"
 
 # run our python lint checks
-pylint ./*.py example/*.py example/**/*.py
-pyright example/breeze_theme.py
-flake8
-
-# run our C++ lint checks
\ No newline at end of file
+# unless we manually provide an override, use whatever's
+# on the path by default.
+if ! is-set PYTHON; then
+    pylint ./*.py example/*.py example/**/*.py
+    pyright example/breeze_theme.py
+    flake8
+else
+    ${PYTHON} -m pylint ./*.py example/*.py example/**/*.py
+    ${PYTHON} -m pyright example/breeze_theme.py
+    ${PYTHON} -m flake8
+fi