diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json
index fb6f8143..d234524d 100644
--- a/manifest.json
+++ b/manifest.json
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
     }
   },
   "short_name": "Voco",
-  "version": "4.1.11",
+  "version": "4.1.12",
   "web_accessible_resources": [
     "css/*.css",
     "images/*.svg",
diff --git a/pkg/voco_adapter.py b/pkg/voco_adapter.py
index 8d74157d..1f48ac05 100644
--- a/pkg/voco_adapter.py
+++ b/pkg/voco_adapter.py
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@
 sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), 'lib'))
 if os.path.exists('/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu'):
     sys.path.append('/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu')
+
+print("")
+print("BREFORE sys.path: " + str(sys.path))
+sys.path.remove('/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages') # hide the globally installed packages
+print("")
+print("AFTER sys.path: " + str(sys.path))
+print("")
 #try:
 #    sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.sep,'home','pi','.webthings','addons','voco','lib'))
 #except: