diff --git a/host_test.go b/host_test.go
index 6366bf8ff5ce5c424a91511fd06a81d90f6e779b..a617717618f152f9f6ef45a34fbbbfc36c62743c 100644
--- a/host_test.go
+++ b/host_test.go
@@ -9,7 +9,17 @@ func TestHostInfo(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("error %v", err)
 	}
-	if v.Uptime == 0 {
-		t.Errorf("Could not get uptime %v", v)
+	if v.Hostname == "" {
+		t.Errorf("Could not get hostinfo %v", v)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBoot_time(t *testing.T) {
+	v, err := Boot_time()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("error %v", err)
+	}
+	if v == 0 {
+		t.Errorf("Could not boot time %v", v)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/host_unix.go b/host_unix.go
index 8152464a7367e279fa5a03b3f919b841ee1f0571..19ccff9be18e0a22c9772fc0e7376671766ff82d 100644
--- a/host_unix.go
+++ b/host_unix.go
@@ -16,11 +16,14 @@ func HostInfo() (HostInfoStat, error) {
 		return ret, err
 	}
 
+	return ret, nil
+}
+
+
+func Boot_time() (int64, error){
 	sysinfo := &syscall.Sysinfo_t{}
 	if err := syscall.Sysinfo(sysinfo); err != nil {
-		return ret, err
+		return 0, err
 	}
-	ret.Uptime = sysinfo.Uptime
-
-	return ret, nil
+	return sysinfo.Uptime, nil
 }