diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4459bd7..bb0685f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ KDE NeOwOn, nixOwOs; Plus FweeBSD, OwOpenBSD and macOwOS; Plus WinyandOwOws.
 
 - [lshw](https://github.com/lyonel/lshw) to get GPU info.
 
+- [freecolor](http://www.rkeene.org/oss/freecolor/) to get ram usage on FreeBSD.
+
 ### Via package manager
 
 Right now, the package is only available on the AUR:
diff --git a/uwufetch.c b/uwufetch.c
index 51f17bb..86a63a4 100644
--- a/uwufetch.c
+++ b/uwufetch.c
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ int uptime_mac()
 
 #ifdef __FREEBSD__
 int uptime_freebsd()
-{
+{ // this code is from coreutils uptime: https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/blob/master/src/uptime.c
 	int boot_time = 0;
 	static int request[2] = { CTL_KERN, KERN_BOOTTIME };
 	struct timeval result;
@@ -516,7 +516,11 @@ void get_info()
 #ifndef __CYGWIN__
 	FILE *meminfo;
 
+#ifdef __FREEBSD__
+	meminfo = popen("LANG=EN_us freecolor -om 2> /dev/null", "r");
+#else
 	meminfo = popen("LANG=EN_us free -m 2> /dev/null", "r");
+#endif
 	while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), meminfo))
 		// free command prints like this: "Mem:" total     used    free    shared  buff/cache      available
 		sscanf(line, "Mem: %d %d", &ram_total, &ram_used);