diff --git a/plugins/available/base.plugin.bash b/plugins/available/base.plugin.bash
index aef7ab1d..cc2faac2 100755
--- a/plugins/available/base.plugin.bash
+++ b/plugins/available/base.plugin.bash
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ function ips ()
     group 'base'
     if command -v ifconfig &>/dev/null
     then
-        ifconfig | grep  -E "inet "|sed 's/addr://g' | awk '{print $2}'
+        ifconfig | awk '/inet /{ gsub(/addr:/, ""); print $2 }'
     elif command -v ip &>/dev/null
     then
         ip addr | grep -oP 'inet \K[\d.]+'