diff --git a/neofetch b/neofetch
index 8c974bec..5eecbe63 100755
--- a/neofetch
+++ b/neofetch
@@ -5083,7 +5083,7 @@ get_cols() {
         printf -v block_spaces "%${block_height}s"
 
         # Convert the spaces into rows of blocks.
-        if [[ $BASH_VERSION == 3* ]]; then
+        if [ "${BASH_VERSION%%.*}" -lt 5 ]; then
             [[ "$blocks"  ]] && cols+="${block_spaces// /${blocks}nl}"
             [[ "$blocks2" ]] && cols+="${block_spaces// /${blocks2}nl}"
         else