diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index f99d4c4..b47ebdd 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package config
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/cobaugh/osrelease"
 	"github.com/creasty/defaults"
 	"github.com/gbrlsnchs/jwt/v3"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
@@ -294,7 +295,7 @@ func (c *Configuration) EnsurePterodactylUser() (*user.User, error) {
 
 	// Alpine Linux is the only OS we currently support that doesn't work with the useradd command, so
 	// in those cases we just modify the command a bit to work as expected.
-	if strings.HasPrefix(sysName, "Alpine") {
+	if strings.HasPrefix(sysName, "alpine") {
 		command = fmt.Sprintf("adduser -S -D -H -G %[1]s -s /bin/false %[1]s", c.System.Username)
 
 		// We have to create the group first on Alpine, so do that here before continuing on
@@ -413,20 +414,10 @@ func (c *Configuration) WriteToDisk() error {
 
 // Gets the system release name.
 func getSystemName() (string, error) {
-	// alpine doesn't have lsb_release
-	_, err := os.Stat("/etc/alpine-release")
-	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		// if the alpine release file doesn't exist. run lsb_release
-		cmd := exec.Command("lsb_release", "-is")
-
-		b, err := cmd.Output()
-		if err != nil {
-			return "", err
-		}
-
-		return string(b), nil
+	// use osrelease to get release version and ID
+	if  release, err := osrelease.Read(); err != nil {
+		return "", err
 	} else {
-		// if the alpine release file does exist return string
-		return "Alpine", err
+		return release["ID"], nil
 	}
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a717a0a..8a32a07 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20190424111038-f61b66f89f4a
 	github.com/beevik/etree v1.1.0
 	github.com/buger/jsonparser v0.0.0-20191204142016-1a29609e0929
+	github.com/cobaugh/osrelease v0.0.0-20181218015638-a93a0a55a249
 	github.com/containerd/fifo v0.0.0-20190226154929-a9fb20d87448 // indirect
 	github.com/creasty/defaults v1.3.0
 	github.com/docker/distribution v2.7.1+incompatible // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3aa5e0e..7055c64 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ github.com/buger/jsonparser v0.0.0-20191204142016-1a29609e0929 h1:MW/JDk68Rny52y
 github.com/buger/jsonparser v0.0.0-20191204142016-1a29609e0929/go.mod h1:tgcrVJ81GPSF0mz+0nu1Xaz0fazGPrmmJfJtxjbHhUQ=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash v1.1.0/go.mod h1:XrSqR1VqqWfGrhpAt58auRo0WTKS1nRRg3ghfAqPWnc=
 github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4/go.mod h1:qj6jICC3Q7zFZvVWo7KLAzC3yx5G7kyvSDkc90ppPyw=
+github.com/cobaugh/osrelease v0.0.0-20181218015638-a93a0a55a249 h1:R0IDH8daQ3lODvu8YtxnIqqth5qMGCJyADoUQvmLx4o=
+github.com/cobaugh/osrelease v0.0.0-20181218015638-a93a0a55a249/go.mod h1:EHKW9yNEYSBpTKzuu7Y9oOrft/UlzH57rMIB03oev6M=
 github.com/containerd/fifo v0.0.0-20190226154929-a9fb20d87448 h1:PUD50EuOMkXVcpBIA/R95d56duJR9VxhwncsFbNnxW4=
 github.com/containerd/fifo v0.0.0-20190226154929-a9fb20d87448/go.mod h1:ODA38xgv3Kuk8dQz2ZQXpnv/UZZUHUCL7pnLehbXgQI=
 github.com/coreos/bbolt v1.3.2/go.mod h1:iRUV2dpdMOn7Bo10OQBFzIJO9kkE559Wcmn+qkEiiKk=