diff --git a/rpms/awips2.upc/Installer.awips/programs/edex b/rpms/awips2.upc/Installer.awips/programs/edex
index 758ec79ae4..95adb9b2ee 100755
--- a/rpms/awips2.upc/Installer.awips/programs/edex
+++ b/rpms/awips2.upc/Installer.awips/programs/edex
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ edex_purge_reset() {
         su - awips -c 'psql metadata -c "update purgejobs set failedcount = 0;"' >& /dev/null
 }
 edex_qpid() {
-	qpid-stat -q -S msgIn
+	/awips2/python/bin/qpid-stat -q -S msgIn
 }
 edex_cleanup() {
 	rm -rf /awips2/qpid/edexMessageStore/edex/