diff --git a/lib/rtasklib.rb b/lib/rtasklib.rb
index b4c6249..1aa6930 100644
--- a/lib/rtasklib.rb
+++ b/lib/rtasklib.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 require_relative "rtasklib/serializer"
 require_relative "rtasklib/taskrc"
 
+require "open3"
+
 module Rtasklib
 
   class TaskWarrior
@@ -12,7 +14,9 @@ class TaskWarrior
 
     def initialize rc="#{Dir.home}/.taskrc"
       # Check TW version, and throw warning
-      @version = Gem::Version.new(`task _version`.chomp)
+      raw_version = Open3.capture2("task _version")
+      @version = Gem::Version.new(raw_version[0].chomp)
+      # @version = Gem::Version.new(`task _version`.chomp)
 
       if @version < Gem::Version.new('2.4.0')
         warn "#{@version} is untested"