diff --git a/scripts/pi-hole/php/header.php b/scripts/pi-hole/php/header.php
index 5f8826ae..e08de235 100644
--- a/scripts/pi-hole/php/header.php
+++ b/scripts/pi-hole/php/header.php
@@ -140,7 +140,9 @@
         }
     }
 
-    if(strpos(exec("ps -p `cat /var/run/pihole-FTL.pid` -o comm="), "pihole-FTL") !== false)
+    $FTL = false;
+    $FTLpid = file_get_contents("/var/run/pihole-FTL.pid");
+    if (file_exists( "/proc/".$FTLpid ))
     {
         $FTL = true;
     }
diff --git a/settings.php b/settings.php
index a1ff0652..cd0992d3 100644
--- a/settings.php
+++ b/settings.php
@@ -802,17 +802,12 @@
 <?php
 if($FTL)
 {
-	$parts = preg_split('/\s+/',trim(exec("ps -p `cat /var/run/pihole-FTL.pid` -o pid,start,vsz,rss,euser,egroup,cputime,%cpu,%mem")));
+	function get_FTL_data($arg)
+	{
+		global $FTLpid;
+		return trim(exec("ps -p ".$FTLpid." -o ".$arg));
+	}
 	$FTLversion = exec("/usr/bin/pihole-FTL version");
-	// pid
-	// time the command started. If the process was started less than 24 hours ago, the output format is "HH:MM:SS", else it is "  Mmm dd" (where Mmm is a three-letter month name).
-	// virtual memory size of the process in KiB
-	// resident set size, the non-swapped physical memory that a task has used (inkiloBytes).
-	// effective user name.  This will be the textual user ID, if it can be obtained
-	// effective group ID of the process.  This will be the textual group ID, if it can be obtained
-	// cumulative CPU time, "[DD-]hh:mm:ss" format.  (alias time)
-	// cpu utilization of the process in "##.#" format.  Currently, it is the CPU time used divided by the time the process has been running (cputime/realtime ratio), expressed as a percentage.
-	// ratio of the process's resident set size  to the physical memory on the machine, expressed as a percentage.
 }
 ?>
 		<div class="box box-danger collapsed-box">
@@ -822,14 +817,12 @@ if($FTL)
 			</div>
 			<div class="box-body">
 				<?php if($FTL){ ?>FTL version: <?php echo $FTLversion; ?><br>
-				Process identifier (PID): <?php echo $parts[0]; ?><br>
-				Time FTL started: <?php echo $parts[1]; ?><br>
-				User / Group: <?php echo $parts[4]; ?> / <?php echo $parts[5]; ?>
-				<?php if($parts[4] == "root" || $parts[5] == "root"){?><br><span style="color:red">(WARNING: You should not use root as user for running FTL!)</span><?php } ?><br>
-				Total CPU utilization: <?php echo $parts[7]; ?>%<br>
-				Total CPU time: <?php echo $parts[6]; ?><br>
-				Memory utilization: <?php echo $parts[8]; ?>%<br>
-				<span title="Resident memory is the portion of memory occupied by a process that is held in main memory (RAM). The rest of the occupied memory exists in the swap space or file system.">Used memory: <?php echo formatSizeUnits(1e3*$parts[3]); ?></span><br>
+				Process identifier (PID): <?php echo $FTLpid; ?><br>
+				Time FTL started: <?php print_r(get_FTL_data("start")); ?><br>
+				User / Group: <?php print_r(get_FTL_data("euser")); ?> / <?php print_r(get_FTL_data("egroup")); ?><br>
+				Total CPU utilization: <?php print_r(get_FTL_data("%cpu")); ?>%<br>
+				Memory utilization: <?php print_r(get_FTL_data("%mem")); ?>%<br>
+				<span title="Resident memory is the portion of memory occupied by a process that is held in main memory (RAM). The rest of the occupied memory exists in the swap space or file system.">Used memory: <?php echo formatSizeUnits(1e3*floatval(get_FTL_data("rss"))); ?></span><br>
 				<?php } ?>
 			</div>
 		</div>