diff --git a/django_yarnpkg/conf.py b/django_yarnpkg/conf.py
index c4ea1701b4b0e1399bd3cce0b5bdad05c4528f1a..c6c42b57bde8eb1dfc6515676b98b5b80323e466 100644
--- a/django_yarnpkg/conf.py
+++ b/django_yarnpkg/conf.py
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ __all__ = ['NODE_MODULES_ROOT', 'YARN_PATH']
 
 NODE_MODULES_ROOT = getattr(settings, 'NODE_MODULES_ROOT', os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__name__)))
 
-default_yarn_path = find_executable('yarn') or find_executable('yarnpkg')
+default_yarn_path = find_executable('yarnpkg') or find_executable('yarn')
 
 YARN_PATH = getattr(settings, 'YARN_PATH', default_yarn_path)