diff --git a/twrp-functions.cpp b/twrp-functions.cpp
index 4635226..d9014b3 100644
--- a/twrp-functions.cpp
+++ b/twrp-functions.cpp
@@ -36,52 +36,21 @@
 
 /* Execute a command */
 int TWFunc::Exec_Cmd(string cmd, string &result) {
-   int fd[2];
-   int ret = -1;
-   if(pipe(fd) < 0)
-		return -1;
-
-	pid_t pid = fork();
-	if (pid < 0)
-	{
-		close(fd[0]);
-		close(fd[1]);
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	if(pid == 0) // child
-	{
-		close(fd[0]);
-		dup2(fd[1], 1);  // send stdout to the pipe
-		dup2(fd[1], 2);  // send stderr to the pipe
-		close(fd[1]);
-
-		ret = system(cmd.c_str());
-		if(ret != -1)
-			ret = WEXITSTATUS(ret);
-		else
-			LOGERR("Exec_Cmd: system() failed with -1 (%d)!\n", errno);
-		exit(ret);
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		close(fd[1]);
-
-		int len;
-		char buffer[128];
-		buffer[sizeof(buffer)-1] = 0;
-		while ((len = read(fd[0], buffer, sizeof(buffer)-1)) > 0)
-		{
-			buffer[len] = 0;
-			buffer[sizeof(buffer)-2] = '\n';
-			LOGINFO("%s", buffer);
+	FILE* exec;
+	char buffer[130];
+	int ret = 0;
+	exec = __popen(cmd.c_str(), "r");
+	if (!exec) return -1;
+	while(!feof(exec)) {
+		memset(&buffer, 0, sizeof(buffer));
+		if (fgets(buffer, 128, exec) != NULL) {
+			buffer[128] = '\n';
+			buffer[129] = NULL;
 			result += buffer;
 		}
-
-		waitpid(pid, &ret, 0);
-		return WEXITSTATUS(ret);
 	}
-	return -1;
+	ret = __pclose(exec);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 // Returns "file.name" from a full /path/to/file.name