diff --git a/init/freebsd b/init/freebsd
index eeba51d3..c9a6530e 100644
--- a/init/freebsd
+++ b/init/freebsd
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ load_rc_config ${name}
 
 WGET="/usr/local/bin/wget" # You need wget for this script to safely shutdown CouchPotato.
 if [ -e "${couchpotato_conf}" ]; then
-        HOST=`grep -A14 "\[core\]" "${couchpotato_conf}"|egrep "^host"|perl -wple 's/^host = (.*)$/$1/'`
-        PORT=`grep -A14 "\[core\]" "${couchpotato_conf}"|egrep "^port"|perl -wple 's/^port = (.*)$/$1/'`
-        CPAPI=`grep -A14 "\[core\]" "${couchpotato_conf}"|egrep "^api_key"|perl -wple 's/^api_key = (.*)$/$1/'`
+        HOST=`grep -A14 "\[core\]" "${couchpotato_conf}"|awk -F" = " '/^host/ {print $2}'`
+        PORT=`grep -A14 "\[core\]" "${couchpotato_conf}"|awk -F" = " '/^port/ {print $2}'`
+        CPAPI=`grep -A14 "\[core\]" "${couchpotato_conf}"|awk -F" = " '/^api_key/ {print $2}'`
 fi
 
 status_cmd="${name}_status"