diff --git a/app/Helpers/MiscHelper.php b/app/Helpers/MiscHelper.php
index 71d9a5e..582f630 100644
--- a/app/Helpers/MiscHelper.php
+++ b/app/Helpers/MiscHelper.php
@@ -124,6 +124,12 @@ class MiscHelper
         return MiscHelper::getEnvironmentSetting('APP_INSTALLED');
     }
 
+    public static function isExecEnabled()
+    {
+        $disabled = explode(',', ini_get('disable_functions'));
+        return !in_array('exec', $disabled);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Tests whether the provided URL belongs to the current application (i.e. both scheme and hostname match.)
      * @param $url
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/DefaultController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/DefaultController.php
index 59ca712..f7db8bd 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/DefaultController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/DefaultController.php
@@ -77,6 +77,15 @@ class DefaultController extends Controller
 
         $metadataUpgradeNeeded = Photo::min('metadata_version') < PhotoService::METADATA_VERSION;
 
+        // Default to a supported function call to get the OS version
+        $osVersion = sprintf('%s %s', php_uname('s'), php_uname('r'));
+
+        // If the exec() function is enabled, we can do a bit better
+        if (MiscHelper::isExecEnabled())
+        {
+            $osVersion = exec('lsb_release -ds 2>/dev/null || cat /etc/*release 2>/dev/null | head -n1 || uname -om');
+        }
+
         return Theme::render('admin.index', [
             'album_count' => $albumCount,
             'app_version' => config('app.version'),
@@ -86,7 +95,7 @@ class DefaultController extends Controller
             'metadata_upgrade_needed' => $metadataUpgradeNeeded,
             'photo_count' => $photoCount,
             'php_version' => phpversion(),
-            'os_version' => exec('lsb_release -ds 2>/dev/null || cat /etc/*release 2>/dev/null | head -n1 || uname -om'),
+            'os_version' => $osVersion,
             'server_name' => gethostname(),
             'upload_file_size' => ini_get('upload_max_filesize'),
             'upload_max_limit' => ini_get('post_max_size'),