diff --git a/scripts/temperatures.default b/scripts/temperatures.default
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index e942434..7ebff69
--- a/scripts/temperatures.default
+++ b/scripts/temperatures.default
@@ -24,5 +24,6 @@ sensors -A acpitz-virtual-0 | grep "temp1" | awk '{print $2}' | tr -d "+" > ${OU
 
 # nvidia gpu temp
 # nvidia-settings must be run as the user of the x server
-GPU=`nvidia-settings -c :0 -t -query GPUCoreTemp | head -n 1`
+# GPU=`nvidia-settings -c :0 -t -query GPUCoreTemp | head -n 1`
+GPU=`nvidia-smi --query-gpu=temperature.gpu --format=csv,noheader`
 echo "${GPU}°C" > ${OUTPUTFLDR}/gpu