diff --git a/gprMax/utilities.py b/gprMax/utilities.py
index 12758aac..01cb5c5e 100644
--- a/gprMax/utilities.py
+++ b/gprMax/utilities.py
@@ -323,8 +323,7 @@ def get_host_info():
             hyperthreading = False
 
         # OS version
-        osrelease = subprocess.check_output("cat /proc/sys/kernel/osrelease", shell=True).decode('utf-8').strip()
-        osversion = 'Linux (' + osrelease + ', ' + platform.linux_distribution()[0] + ')'
+        osversion = platform.platform()
 
     # Dictionary of host information
     hostinfo = {}