diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 35a68105..cb355248 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ For major (breaking) changes - **version 4, 3 and 2** - see end of page.
 
 | Version | Date       | Comment                                                                                             |
 | ------- | ---------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| 5.22.4  | 2024-03-16 | `uuid()` improved parsing machine id (linux)                                                        |
 | 5.22.3  | 2024-03-15 | `chassis()` improved parsing memory bank (windows)                                                  |
 | 5.22.2  | 2024-03-14 | `chassis()` type, assetTag, sku improved parsing (macOS)                                            |
 | 5.22.1  | 2024-03-12 | `wifiConnections()` patch for mac OS Sonome 14.4 (macOS)                                            |
diff --git a/docs/history.html b/docs/history.html
index 1764cfc7..1f8e7e3a 100644
--- a/docs/history.html
+++ b/docs/history.html
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ <h3>Full version history</h3>
                     </tr>
                   </thead>
                   <tbody>
+                    <tr>
+                      <th scope="row">5.22.4</th>
+                      <td>2024-03-16</td>
+                      <td><span class="code">uuid()</span> improved parsing machine id (linux)</td>
+                    </tr>
                     <tr>
                       <th scope="row">5.22.3</th>
                       <td>2024-03-15</td>
diff --git a/docs/index.html b/docs/index.html
index e2210e4d..edd41e2a 100644
--- a/docs/index.html
+++ b/docs/index.html
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
       <img class="logo" src="assets/logo.png" alt="logo">
       <div class="title">systeminformation</div>
       <div class="subtitle"><span id="typed"></span>&nbsp;</div>
-      <div class="version">New Version: <span id="version">5.22.3</span></div>
+      <div class="version">New Version: <span id="version">5.22.4</span></div>
       <button class="btn btn-light" onclick="location.href='https://github.com/sebhildebrandt/systeminformation'">View on Github <i class=" fab fa-github"></i></button>
     </div>
     <div class="down">
diff --git a/docs/system.html b/docs/system.html
index a452a4d5..a3f6c0a7 100644
--- a/docs/system.html
+++ b/docs/system.html
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ <h5>Example</h5>
                       <td>sku</td>
                       <td></td>
                       <td></td>
-                      <td></td>
+                      <td>x</td>
                       <td>X</td>
                       <td></td>
                       <td>SKU number</td>
@@ -537,11 +537,11 @@ <h5>Example</h5>
 {
   manufacturer: 'Apple Inc.',
   model: 'MacBookPro13,2',
-  type: '',
+  type: 'Laptop',
   version: '1.0',
   serial: 'C01xxxxxxxx',
   assetTag: 'Mac-99878xxxx...',
-  sku: ''
+  sku: 'A1706'
 }</pre>
                     </tr>
                   </tbody>
diff --git a/lib/osinfo.js b/lib/osinfo.js
index fd9f88c2..58f740e1 100644
--- a/lib/osinfo.js
+++ b/lib/osinfo.js
@@ -1122,8 +1122,8 @@ function uuid(callback) {
         });
       }
       if (_linux) {
-        const cmd = `echo -n "os: "; cat /var/lib/dbus/machine-id 2> /dev/null; echo;
-echo -n "os: "; cat /etc/machine-id 2> /dev/null; echo;
+        const cmd = `echo -n "os: "; cat /var/lib/dbus/machine-id 2> /dev/null ||
+cat /etc/machine-id 2> /dev/null; echo;
 echo -n "hardware: "; cat /sys/class/dmi/id/product_uuid 2> /dev/null; echo;`;
         exec(cmd, function (error, stdout) {
           const lines = stdout.toString().split('\n');