diff --git a/src/hetrixtools_freebsd/cli.py b/src/hetrixtools_freebsd/cli.py
index 51aef3b..dfbe18d 100644
--- a/src/hetrixtools_freebsd/cli.py
+++ b/src/hetrixtools_freebsd/cli.py
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ class Update:
             it 20 times and parsing each one, we just call it once, and then parse the
             various keys that it produces
         """
-        rawtext = subprocess.run(['sysctl', '-a'], subprocess.PIPE)
-        self.sysctl = jc.parse('sysctl', cmd_output)
+        rawtext = subprocess.check_output(['sysctl', '-a'], subprocess.PIPE, text=True )
+        self.sysctl = jc.parse(parser_mod_name="sysctl", data=rawtext)
 
     def callCommand(self, command=[]):
         """Given a command and args in a list, run the command and return its
@@ -87,12 +87,12 @@ class Update:
         """ Calls commands and sets 
         self.cpumodel self.cpusockets self.cpucores self.cputhreads self.cpuspeed
         """
-        self.cpusockets = self.callCommand(['sysctl', 'hw.ncpu']).split("\n")[0].split(" ")[1]
-        self.cpuspeed   = self.callCommand(['sysctl', 'hw.clockrate']).split("\n")[0].split(" ")[1]
-        self.cputhreads = self.callCommand(['sysctl', 'kern.smp.threads_per_core']).split("\n")[0].split(" ")[1]
-        self.cpucores   = self.callCommand(['sysctl', 'kern.smp.cores']).split("\n")[0].split(" ")[1]
-        self.cpumodel   = self.callCommand(['sysctl', 'hw.model']).split("\n")[0].split(" ")[1]
-        self.cpumodel   = base64.b64encode(self.cpumodel.encode()).decode('utf-8')
+
+        self.cpusockets = self.sysctl.get('hw.ncpu', "garbage")
+        self.cpuspeed   = self.sysctl.get('hw.clockrate', "")
+        self.cputhreads = self.sysctl.get('kern.smp.threads_per_core', "")
+        self.cpucores   = self.sysctl.get('kern.smp.cores', "") 
+        self.cpumodel   = base64.b64encode(self.sysctl.get('hw.model', "").encode()).decode('utf-8')
 
         self.logger.debug(f"cpusockets = {self.cpusockets}, cpuspeed = {self.cpuspeed}")
         self.logger.debug(f"cputhreads = {self.cputhreads}, cpucores = {self.cpucores}")
@@ -155,8 +155,10 @@ def go():
     _logger.info(f"Starting to fetch results")
     update.getSysCtlAll()
     if( update.sysctl is not None ):
-        _logger.info(f"{update.sysctl}")
-    update.getCPUInfo()
+        # _logger.debug(f"{update.sysctl}")
+        update.getCPUInfo()
+    else:
+        _logger.fatal("Failed to get output from sysctl")
     _logger.info(f"Done fetching results")
     output = update.toJsonString()
     _logger.debug(f"{output}")