diff --git a/modules/lang/python/autoload.el b/modules/lang/python/autoload.el
index ea19e6eb6..0abce63de 100644
--- a/modules/lang/python/autoload.el
+++ b/modules/lang/python/autoload.el
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 (defun +python/repl ()
   "Open the Python REPL."
   (interactive)
-  (process-buffer (run-python python-shell-interpreter t t)))
+  (process-buffer (run-python nil t t)))
diff --git a/modules/lang/python/config.el b/modules/lang/python/config.el
index b859d062c..76590a545 100644
--- a/modules/lang/python/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/python/config.el
@@ -5,15 +5,7 @@
   :init
   (setq python-environment-directory doom-cache-dir
         python-indent-guess-indent-offset-verbose nil
-        python-shell-interpreter "python"
-        python-shell-interpreter-args nil
-        python-shell-prompt-regexp "In \\[[0-9]+\\]: "
-        python-shell-prompt-block-regexp "\\.\\.\\.\\.: "
-        python-shell-prompt-output-regexp "Out\\[[0-9]+\\]: "
-        python-shell-completion-setup-code
-        "from IPython.core.completerlib import module_completion"
-        python-shell-completion-string-code
-        "';'.join(get_ipython().Completer.all_completions('''%s'''))\n")
+        python-shell-interpreter "python")
 
   (add-hook! 'python-mode-hook
     #'(flycheck-mode +evil|simple-matchit))
@@ -23,6 +15,17 @@
   (set! :electric 'python-mode :chars '(?:))
   (define-key python-mode-map (kbd "DEL") nil) ; interferes with smartparens
 
+  (when (executable-find "ipython")
+    (setq python-shell-interpreter "ipython"
+          python-shell-interpreter-args "-i --simple-prompt --no-color-info"
+          python-shell-prompt-regexp "In \\[[0-9]+\\]: "
+          python-shell-prompt-block-regexp "\\.\\.\\.\\.: "
+          python-shell-prompt-output-regexp "Out\\[[0-9]+\\]: "
+          python-shell-completion-setup-code
+          "from IPython.core.completerlib import module_completion"
+          python-shell-completion-string-code
+          "';'.join(get_ipython().Completer.all_completions('''%s'''))\n"))
+
   (sp-with-modes 'python-mode
     (sp-local-pair "'" nil :unless '(sp-point-before-word-p sp-point-after-word-p sp-point-before-same-p))))