diff --git a/python/src/META-INF/python-plugin-common.xml b/python/src/META-INF/python-plugin-common.xml
index 3d1de32997db..784334e57ada 100644
--- a/python/src/META-INF/python-plugin-common.xml
+++ b/python/src/META-INF/python-plugin-common.xml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
     <applicationService serviceInterface="com.jetbrains.python.run.PythonRunConfigurationExtensionsManager"
                         serviceImplementation="com.jetbrains.python.run.PythonRunConfigurationExtensionsManager"/>
     <configurationType implementation="com.jetbrains.python.run.PythonConfigurationType"/>
-    <programRunner implementation="com.jetbrains.python.run.PythonRunner"/>
+    <programRunner implementation="com.jetbrains.python.run.PythonRunner" order="first"/>
     <programRunner implementation="com.jetbrains.python.debugger.PyDebugRunner"/>
     <programRunner implementation="com.jetbrains.python.debugger.remote.PyRemoteDebugRunner"/>
     <programRunner implementation="com.jetbrains.python.coverage.PythonCoverageRunner"/>