diff --git a/houy.py b/houy.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+from subprocess import call
+from sys import argv, platform, exit, stderr
+from os import environ, chdir
+import shlex
+import subprocess
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    r = {environ.get('PATH')}
+    setup_path = {
+        'darwin': '/Applications/Houdini/Houdini17.5.173/Frameworks/Houdini.framework/Versions/Current/Resources',
+        'linux': '/opt/hfs17.5.229',
+    }
+    if platform not in setup_path:
+        print('Platform `{}` not supported... yet.', file=stderr)
+        exit(1)
+    chdir(setup_path[platform])
+    if '-r3' in argv:
+        redshift_path = '/opt/redshift3'
+    else:
+        redshift_path = '/opt/redshift'
+    environ.update({
+        'HOUDINI_NO_SPLASH': '1',
+        'HOUDINI_DSO_ERROR': '2',
+        'PATH': ':'.join(['{}/bin'.format(redshift_path),
+                          environ.get('PATH')]),
+        'HOUDINI_PATH': '{}/redshift4houdini/17.5.173;&'.format(redshift_path),
+        'REDSHIFT_COREDATAPATH': '{}'.format(redshift_path),
+    })
+    command = shlex.split("env -i sh -c '. houdini_setup >/dev/null && env'")
+    proc = subprocess.Popen(command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                            universal_newlines=True)
+    for line in proc.stdout:
+        (key, _, value) = str(line.strip()).partition('=')
+        environ[key] = value
+        print(key, '=', value)
+    proc.communicate()
+    call(['./bin/houdini'], env=environ)