diff --git a/src/devedeng/configuration_data.py b/src/devedeng/configuration_data.py
index 28b63c5..d57646c 100644
--- a/src/devedeng/configuration_data.py
+++ b/src/devedeng/configuration_data.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 from gi.repository import GObject
 import os
 import pkg_resources
+import platform
 
 
 class configuration(GObject.GObject):
@@ -49,12 +50,11 @@ class configuration(GObject.GObject):
         return config_folder
 
     def _fill_config(self):
-        self.cores = 0
-        proc_file = open("/proc/cpuinfo", "r")
-        for line in proc_file:
-            if (line.startswith("processor")):
-                self.cores += 1
-        proc_file.close()
+        self.cores = os.cpu_count()
+        if 'sched_getaffinity' in dir(os):
+            self.cores = len(os.sched_getaffinity(0))
+        if platform.system() == 'FreeBSD':
+            self.cores = int(os.popen("sysctl -n kern.smp.cores").read().split('\n')[0])
 
         is_local = None
         self.log = ""