diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2ff7218..6811474 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,7 @@
 *.egg-info
 build
 dist
+
+# JetBrains/PyCharm
+.idea/
+venv*/
diff --git a/ipify/settings.py b/ipify/settings.py
index 17aebc9..d379993 100644
--- a/ipify/settings.py
+++ b/ipify/settings.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 """
 
 
-from platform import mac_ver, win32_ver, linux_distribution, system
+from platform import mac_ver, win32_ver, system, platform
 from sys import version_info as vi
 
 from . import __version__
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 # This dictionary is used to dynamically select the appropriate platform for
 # the user agent string.
 OS_VERSION_INFO = {
-    'Linux': '%s' % (linux_distribution()[0]),
+    'Linux': '%s' % (platform()),
     'Windows': '%s' % (win32_ver()[0]),
     'Darwin': '%s' % (mac_ver()[0]),
 }