diff --git a/src/ascii.zig b/src/ascii.zig
index c24fc50..9bdb2f8 100644
--- a/src/ascii.zig
+++ b/src/ascii.zig
@@ -72,9 +72,10 @@ pub fn printAsciiAndModules(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, ascii_art_path: ?[]u8,
 
     var ascii_art_data: []const u8 = undefined;
     if (ascii_art_path) |ascii| {
-        var ascii_file = try std.fs.cwd().openFile(ascii, .{});
+        const ascii_file = try std.fs.cwd().openFile(ascii, .{ .mode = .read_only });
         defer ascii_file.close();
-        ascii_art_data = try ascii_file.readToEndAlloc(allocator, std.math.maxInt(usize));
+        const file_size = (try ascii_file.stat()).size;
+        ascii_art_data = try utils.readFile(allocator, ascii_file, file_size);
     } else {
         ascii_art_data = @embedFile("./assets/ascii/guy_fawks.txt");
     }
diff --git a/src/config.zig b/src/config.zig
index ab15185..d538dc1 100644
--- a/src/config.zig
+++ b/src/config.zig
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 const ascii = @import("ascii.zig");
+const utils = @import("utils.zig");
 
 pub const Module = struct {
     type: []u8,
@@ -68,14 +69,16 @@ pub fn readConfigFile(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !?std.json.Parsed(Config) {
     const config_abs_path = try std.mem.concat(allocator, u8, &.{ home, "/.config/zigfetch/config.json" });
     defer allocator.free(config_abs_path);
 
-    const file = std.fs.openFileAbsolute(config_abs_path, .{ .mode = .read_only }) catch |err| switch (err) {
+    const config_file = std.fs.openFileAbsolute(config_abs_path, .{ .mode = .read_only }) catch |err| switch (err) {
         error.FileNotFound => return null,
         else => return err,
     };
-    defer file.close();
+    defer config_file.close();
 
-    const data = try file.readToEndAlloc(allocator, std.math.maxInt(usize));
-    defer allocator.free(data);
+    const file_size = (try config_file.stat()).size;
 
-    return try std.json.parseFromSlice(Config, allocator, data, .{ .allocate = .alloc_always });
+    const config_data = try utils.readFile(allocator, config_file, file_size);
+    defer allocator.free(config_data);
+
+    return try std.json.parseFromSlice(Config, allocator, config_data, .{ .allocate = .alloc_always });
 }
diff --git a/src/linux/hardware.zig b/src/linux/hardware.zig
index d3c7fc5..6da6d86 100644
--- a/src/linux/hardware.zig
+++ b/src/linux/hardware.zig
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const std = @import("std");
+const utils = @import("../utils.zig");
 const c_unistd = @cImport(@cInclude("unistd.h"));
 const c_statvfs = @cImport(@cInclude("sys/statvfs.h"));
 const c_libpci = @cImport(@cInclude("pci/pci.h"));
@@ -44,9 +45,16 @@ pub fn getCpuInfo(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !CpuInfo {
 
     // Reads /proc/cpuinfo
     const cpuinfo_path = "/proc/cpuinfo";
-    var file = try std.fs.cwd().openFile(cpuinfo_path, .{});
-    defer file.close();
-    const cpuinfo_data = try file.readToEndAlloc(allocator, std.math.maxInt(usize));
+    const cpuinfo_file = try std.fs.cwd().openFile(cpuinfo_path, .{ .mode = .read_only });
+    defer cpuinfo_file.close();
+
+    // NOTE: procfs is a pseudo-filesystem, so it is not possible to determine the size of a file
+    // https://docs.kernel.org/filesystems/proc.html
+    // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procfs
+    //
+    // Only the first section (core 0) will be parsed
+    // 512 is more than enough
+    const cpuinfo_data = try utils.readFile(allocator, cpuinfo_file, 512);
     defer allocator.free(cpuinfo_data);
 
     // Parsing /proc/cpuinfo
@@ -77,6 +85,7 @@ pub fn getCpuInfo(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !CpuInfo {
 
     var cpu_max_freq: f32 = 0.0;
 
+    // NOTE: this is the preferred approach beacause it is the most accurate
     const cpuinfo_max_freq_path = "/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/cpuinfo_max_freq";
     var cmf_exists: bool = true;
 
@@ -89,14 +98,13 @@ pub fn getCpuInfo(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !CpuInfo {
 
     if (cmf_exists) {
         // Reads /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/cpuinfo_max_freq
-        var file2 = try std.fs.cwd().openFile(cpuinfo_max_freq_path, .{});
-
-        defer file2.close();
-        const cpuinfo_max_freq_data = try file2.readToEndAlloc(allocator, std.math.maxInt(usize));
-        defer allocator.free(cpuinfo_max_freq_data);
+        const maxfreq_file = try std.fs.cwd().openFile(cpuinfo_max_freq_path, .{ .mode = .read_only });
+        defer maxfreq_file.close();
+        const maxfreq_data = try utils.readFile(allocator, maxfreq_file, 32);
+        defer allocator.free(maxfreq_data);
 
         // Parsing /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/cpuinfo_max_freq
-        const trimmed = std.mem.trim(u8, cpuinfo_max_freq_data, " \n\r");
+        const trimmed = std.mem.trim(u8, maxfreq_data, " \n\r");
         const cpu_max_freq_khz: f32 = try std.fmt.parseFloat(f32, trimmed);
         cpu_max_freq = cpu_max_freq_khz / 1_000_000;
     } else {
@@ -203,9 +211,16 @@ fn parseGpuName(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, name: []u8) !?[]u8 {
 pub fn getRamInfo(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !RamInfo {
     // Reads /proc/meminfo
     const meminfo_path = "/proc/meminfo";
-    const file = try std.fs.cwd().openFile(meminfo_path, .{});
-    defer file.close();
-    const meminfo_data = try file.readToEndAlloc(allocator, std.math.maxInt(usize));
+    const meminfo_file = try std.fs.cwd().openFile(meminfo_path, .{ .mode = .read_only });
+    defer meminfo_file.close();
+
+    // NOTE: procfs is a pseudo-filesystem, so it is not possible to determine the size of a file
+    // https://docs.kernel.org/filesystems/proc.html
+    // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procfs
+    //
+    // We only need to read the first few lines
+    // 512 is more than enough
+    const meminfo_data = try utils.readFile(allocator, meminfo_file, 512);
     defer allocator.free(meminfo_data);
 
     // Parsing /proc/meminfo
@@ -265,9 +280,16 @@ pub fn getRamInfo(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !RamInfo {
 pub fn getSwapInfo(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !?SwapInfo {
     // Reads /proc/meminfo
     const meminfo_path = "/proc/meminfo";
-    const file = try std.fs.cwd().openFile(meminfo_path, .{});
-    defer file.close();
-    const meminfo_data = try file.readToEndAlloc(allocator, std.math.maxInt(usize));
+    const meminfo_file = try std.fs.cwd().openFile(meminfo_path, .{ .mode = .read_only });
+    defer meminfo_file.close();
+
+    // NOTE: procfs is a pseudo-filesystem, so it is not possible to determine the size of a file
+    // https://docs.kernel.org/filesystems/proc.html
+    // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procfs
+    //
+    // We only need to read the first few lines
+    // 512 is ok
+    const meminfo_data = try utils.readFile(allocator, meminfo_file, 512);
     defer allocator.free(meminfo_data);
 
     // Parsing /proc/meminfo
diff --git a/src/linux/system.zig b/src/linux/system.zig
index 5ebc159..7d6ee14 100644
--- a/src/linux/system.zig
+++ b/src/linux/system.zig
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const std = @import("std");
+const utils = @import("../utils.zig");
 const c_sysinfo = @cImport(@cInclude("sys/sysinfo.h"));
 const c_utsname = @cImport(@cInclude("sys/utsname.h"));
 
@@ -77,9 +78,10 @@ pub fn getKernelInfo(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !KernelInfo {
 
 pub fn getOsInfo(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) ![]u8 {
     const os_release_path = "/etc/os-release";
-    const file = try std.fs.cwd().openFile(os_release_path, .{});
-    defer file.close();
-    const os_release_data = try file.readToEndAlloc(allocator, std.math.maxInt(usize));
+    const os_release_file = try std.fs.cwd().openFile(os_release_path, .{ .mode = .read_only });
+    defer os_release_file.close();
+    const size = (try os_release_file.stat()).size;
+    const os_release_data = try utils.readFile(allocator, os_release_file, size);
     defer allocator.free(os_release_data);
 
     var pretty_name: ?[]const u8 = null;
diff --git a/src/utils.zig b/src/utils.zig
index b9b455b..8721cf4 100644
--- a/src/utils.zig
+++ b/src/utils.zig
@@ -114,3 +114,15 @@ test "getLongestAsciiArtRowLen" {
 
     try std.testing.expectEqual(40, try getLongestAsciiArtRowLen(rows[0..]));
 }
+
+pub fn readFile(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, file: std.fs.File, size: usize) ![]const u8 {
+    var file_buf = try allocator.alloc(u8, size);
+    defer allocator.free(file_buf);
+
+    var reader = std.fs.File.Reader.init(file, file_buf);
+    const read = try reader.read(file_buf);
+
+    const data = file_buf[0..read];
+
+    return allocator.dupe(u8, data);
+}