diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 21d192e..c004e97 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ python_requires = >=3.9
 # For more information, check out https://semver.org/.
 install_requires =
     importlib-metadata; python_version<"3.9"
-
+    jc
 
 [options.packages.find]
 where = src
diff --git a/src/hetrixtools_freebsd/cli.py b/src/hetrixtools_freebsd/cli.py
index 64fa38c..51aef3b 100644
--- a/src/hetrixtools_freebsd/cli.py
+++ b/src/hetrixtools_freebsd/cli.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import sys
 import subprocess
 import base64
 import json
+import jc # holy crap: takes well known utils and produces json!
 
 from hetrixtools_freebsd import __version__
 
@@ -67,6 +68,14 @@ class Update:
         self.rps2 = ""
         self.logger = logger
 
+    def getSysCtlAll(self):
+        """ Calls sysctl -a and parses all of it into a dictionary. Rather than calling
+            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)
+
     def callCommand(self, command=[]):
         """Given a command and args in a list, run the command and return its
         output as a UTF-8 string"""
@@ -144,6 +153,9 @@ def go():
     """Run the command."""
     update = Update(_logger)
     _logger.info(f"Starting to fetch results")
+    update.getSysCtlAll()
+    if( update.sysctl is not None ):
+        _logger.info(f"{update.sysctl}")
     update.getCPUInfo()
     _logger.info(f"Done fetching results")
     output = update.toJsonString()