diff --git a/gprMax/utilities.py b/gprMax/utilities.py
index faed2a8a..98037c67 100644
--- a/gprMax/utilities.py
+++ b/gprMax/utilities.py
@@ -234,7 +234,8 @@ def get_host_info():
             hyperthreading = True
 
         # OS version
-        osversion = platform.linux_distribution()[0] + ' (' + platform.linux_distribution()[1] + ')'
+        osrelease = subprocess.check_output("cat /proc/sys/kernel/osrelease", shell=True).decode('utf-8').strip()
+        osversion = 'Linux ' + osrelease + ', (' + platform.linux_distribution()[0] + ')'
 
     hostinfo = {}
     hostinfo['machineID'] = machineID.strip()
@@ -248,6 +249,7 @@ def get_host_info():
     except ValueError:
         hostinfo['physicalcores'] = hostinfo['logicalcores']
     hostinfo['ram'] = psutil.virtual_memory().total
+
     return hostinfo