diff --git a/app/system/resources/dashboard/system_cpu_status.php b/app/system/resources/dashboard/system_cpu_status.php
index 8d30153ab7..60671466c4 100644
--- a/app/system/resources/dashboard/system_cpu_status.php
+++ b/app/system/resources/dashboard/system_cpu_status.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 			if (is_numeric($value)) { $percent_cpu = $percent_cpu + $value; }
 		}
 		if (stristr(PHP_OS, 'BSD')) {
-			$result = system("dmesg | grep -i --max-count 1 CPUs | sed 's/[^0-9]*//g'");
+			$result = shell_exec("dmesg | grep -i --max-count 1 CPUs | sed 's/[^0-9]*//g'");
 			$cpu_cores = trim($result);
 		}
 		if (stristr(PHP_OS, 'Linux')) {
@@ -162,4 +162,4 @@
 	echo "<span class='hud_expander' onclick=\"$('#hud_system_cpu_status_details').slideToggle('fast');\"><span class='fas fa-ellipsis-h'></span></span>";
 	echo "</div>\n";
 
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>