diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 5cae03a..aace49d 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -9,23 +9,20 @@ use crate::desktop::get_desktop_info;
 use crate::release::{get_os_pretty_name, get_system_info};
 use crate::system::{get_memory_usage, get_root_disk_usage, get_shell, get_username_and_hostname};
 use crate::uptime::get_current;
-use std::io;
 
 use color_eyre::Report;
-use nix::sys::sysinfo::sysinfo;
 
 fn main() -> Result<(), Report> {
     color_eyre::install()?;
 
-    let info = sysinfo().map_err(|e| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, e))?;
     let fields = Fields {
         user_info: get_username_and_hostname(),
         os_name: get_os_pretty_name()?,
         kernel_version: get_system_info()?,
         shell: get_shell(),
         desktop: get_desktop_info(),
-        uptime: get_current(&info)?,
-        memory_usage: get_memory_usage(&info),
+        uptime: get_current()?,
+        memory_usage: get_memory_usage()?,
         storage: get_root_disk_usage()?,
         colors: print_dots(),
     };
diff --git a/src/system.rs b/src/system.rs
index 5fa8587..964aec1 100644
--- a/src/system.rs
+++ b/src/system.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 use color_eyre::Result;
 use nix::sys::statvfs::statvfs;
-use nix::sys::sysinfo::SysInfo;
 
 use std::env;
 use std::io::{self};
@@ -40,21 +39,33 @@ pub fn get_root_disk_usage() -> Result<String, io::Error> {
     ))
 }
 
-pub fn get_memory_usage(info: &SysInfo) -> String {
+pub fn get_memory_usage() -> Result<String, io::Error> {
     #[inline(always)]
-    fn parse_memory_info(info: &SysInfo) -> (f64, f64) {
-        let total_memory_kb = (info.ram_total() / 1024) as f64;
-        let available_memory_kb = (info.ram_unused() / 1024) as f64;
+    fn parse_memory_info() -> Result<(f64, f64), io::Error> {
+        let mut total_memory_kb = 0.0;
+        let mut available_memory_kb = 0.0;
 
-        let total_memory_gb = total_memory_kb / (1024.0 * 1024.0);
-        let available_memory_gb = available_memory_kb / (1024.0 * 1024.0);
+        for line in std::fs::read_to_string("/proc/meminfo")?.lines() {
+            let mut split = line.split_whitespace();
+            let key = split.next().unwrap_or("");
+            if key == "MemTotal:" {
+                total_memory_kb = split.next().unwrap_or("0").parse().unwrap_or(0.0);
+            } else if key == "MemAvailable:" {
+                available_memory_kb = split.next().unwrap_or("0").parse().unwrap_or(0.0);
+            }
+        }
+
+        let total_memory_gb = total_memory_kb / 1024.0 / 1024.0;
+        let available_memory_gb = available_memory_kb / 1024.0 / 1024.0;
         let used_memory_gb = total_memory_gb - available_memory_gb;
 
-        (used_memory_gb, total_memory_gb)
+        Ok((used_memory_gb, total_memory_gb))
     }
 
-    let (used_memory, total_memory) = parse_memory_info(info);
+    let (used_memory, total_memory) = parse_memory_info()?;
     let percentage_used = (used_memory / total_memory * 100.0).round() as u64;
 
-    format!("{used_memory:.2} GiB / {total_memory:.2} GiB ({CYAN}{percentage_used}%{RESET})")
+    Ok(format!(
+        "{used_memory:.2} GiB / {total_memory:.2} GiB ({CYAN}{percentage_used}%{RESET})"
+    ))
 }
diff --git a/src/uptime.rs b/src/uptime.rs
index 4090acd..6c44640 100644
--- a/src/uptime.rs
+++ b/src/uptime.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 use color_eyre::Result;
-use nix::sys::sysinfo::SysInfo;
+use nix::sys::sysinfo::sysinfo;
 use std::io;
 
-pub fn get_current(info: &SysInfo) -> Result<String, io::Error> {
+pub fn get_current() -> Result<String, io::Error> {
+    let info = sysinfo().map_err(|e| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, e))?;
     let uptime_seconds = info.uptime().as_secs_f64();
 
     let total_minutes = (uptime_seconds / 60.0).round() as u64;