diff --git a/quickemu b/quickemu
index f2bd9df..42718ad 100755
--- a/quickemu
+++ b/quickemu
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ function configure_ram() {
             RAM_HOST=$(($(sysctl -n hw.memsize) / (1048576*1024)))
         else
             # Determine the number of gigabytes of RAM in the host by extracting the first numerical value from the output.
-            RAM_HOST=$(free --giga -h | tr ' ' '\n' | grep -m 1 "[0-9]" | cut -d'G' -f 1)
+            RAM_HOST=$(free --giga | tr ' ' '\n' | grep -m 1 "[0-9]" )
         fi
 
         if [ "${RAM_HOST}" -ge 128 ]; then