diff --git a/apps/src/uname.c b/apps/src/uname.c
index c8a13386..03b8ba70 100644
--- a/apps/src/uname.c
+++ b/apps/src/uname.c
@@ -9,16 +9,8 @@ int main()
         return 1;
     }
 
-    char buf[4096];
-    size_t nread = fread(buf, sizeof(buf) - 1, 1, fp);
-
-    if (ferror(fp))
-    {
-        perror("fread");
-        return 1;
-    }
-
-    buf[nread] = 0; // null terminate it :)
+    char buf[32];
+    fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp);
 
     printf("%s\n", buf);