diff --git a/ufetch-alpine b/ufetch-alpine
index 20e13dc..07883bf 100755
--- a/ufetch-alpine
+++ b/ufetch-alpine
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 host="$(hostname)"
 os='Alpine Linux'
 kernel="$(uname -sr)"
-uptime="$(uptime -p | sed 's/up //')"
+uptime="$(uptime | awk -F, '{sub(".*up ",x,$1);print $1}' | sed -e 's/^[ \t]*//')"
 packages="$(apk info | wc -l)"
 shell="$(basename ${SHELL})"
 
diff --git a/ufetch-linux b/ufetch-linux
index 69b3487..c57dc84 100755
--- a/ufetch-linux
+++ b/ufetch-linux
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 host="$(hostname)"
 os='Linux'	# I'd just like to interject for a moment...
 kernel="$(uname -sr)"
-uptime="$(uptime -p | sed 's/up //')"
+uptime="$(uptime | awk -F, '{sub(".*up ",x,$1);print $1}' | sed -e 's/^[ \t]*//')"
 shell="$(basename ${SHELL})"
 
 if [ -z "${WM}" ]; then