diff --git a/src/core/Password.cpp b/src/core/Password.cpp
index bea5038..f1c3653 100644
--- a/src/core/Password.cpp
+++ b/src/core/Password.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "../helpers/Log.hpp"
 
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <pwd.h>
 #include <security/pam_appl.h>
 #if __has_include(<security/pam_misc.h>)
 #include <security/pam_misc.h>
@@ -38,10 +39,11 @@ std::shared_ptr<CPassword::SVerificationResult> CPassword::verify(const std::str
 
     std::thread([this, result, pass]() {
         auto auth = [&](std::string auth) -> bool {
-            const pam_conv localConv = {conv, (void*)pass.c_str()};
-            pam_handle_t*  handle    = NULL;
+            const pam_conv localConv   = {conv, (void*)pass.c_str()};
+            pam_handle_t*  handle      = NULL;
+            auto           uidPassword = getpwuid(getuid());
 
-            int            ret = pam_start(auth.c_str(), getlogin(), &localConv, &handle);
+            int            ret = pam_start(auth.c_str(), uidPassword->pw_name, &localConv, &handle);
 
             if (ret != PAM_SUCCESS) {
                 result->success    = false;
diff --git a/src/renderer/widgets/IWidget.cpp b/src/renderer/widgets/IWidget.cpp
index 9483839..d9519de 100644
--- a/src/renderer/widgets/IWidget.cpp
+++ b/src/renderer/widgets/IWidget.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "../../core/hyprlock.hpp"
 #include <chrono>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <pwd.h>
 
 #if defined(_LIBCPP_VERSION) && _LIBCPP_VERSION < 190100
 #pragma comment(lib, "date-tz")
@@ -82,7 +83,8 @@ static std::string getTime() {
 
 IWidget::SFormatResult IWidget::formatString(std::string in) {
 
-    char* username = getlogin();
+    auto  uidPassword = getpwuid(getuid());
+    char* username    = uidPassword->pw_name;
 
     if (!username)
         Debug::log(ERR, "Error in formatString, username null. Errno: ", errno);