diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 12d2961..acd071d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ if not os.path.isfile('/root/.gitconfig'):
     shutil.copy2(os.path.expanduser("~")+'/.gitconfig', '/root/.gitconfig')
 
 setup(name='wo',
-      version='3.9.8.1',
+      version='3.9.8.2',
       description=long_description,
       long_description=long_description,
       classifiers=[],
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ setup(name='wo',
           'sh',
           'SQLAlchemy',
           'requests',
+          'distro',
       ],
       data_files=[('/etc/wo', ['config/wo.conf']),
                   ('/etc/wo/plugins.d', conf),
diff --git a/wo/core/variables.py b/wo/core/variables.py
index 7069670..6c49b3a 100644
--- a/wo/core/variables.py
+++ b/wo/core/variables.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """WordOps core variable module"""
-import platform
+import distro
 import socket
 import configparser
 import os
@@ -25,11 +25,12 @@ class WOVariables():
     wo_date = datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%d%b%Y%H%M%S')
 
     # WordOps core variables
-    wo_distro = os.popen("/usr/bin/lsb_release -si "
-                         "| tr -d \'\\n\'").read().lower()
-    wo_platform_version = platform.linux_distribution()[1]
-    wo_platform_codename = os.popen(
-        "/usr/bin/lsb_release -sc | tr -d \'\\n\'").read()
+    wo_distro = distro.linux_distribution(
+        full_distribution_name=False)[0].lower()
+    wo_platform_version = distro.linux_distribution(
+        full_distribution_name=False)[1].lower()
+    wo_platform_codename = distro.linux_distribution(
+        full_distribution_name=False)[2].lower()
 
     # Get timezone of system
     if os.path.isfile('/etc/timezone'):