diff --git a/source/functions/Get-DbcCheck.ps1 b/source/functions/Get-DbcCheck.ps1
index 0abb7a5e..971a53b5 100644
--- a/source/functions/Get-DbcCheck.ps1
+++ b/source/functions/Get-DbcCheck.ps1
@@ -37,24 +37,24 @@ function Get-DbcCheck {
 
     process {
         $script:localapp = Get-DbcConfigValue -Name app.localapp
+        # so that it works cross platform
+        $checksfile = Join-Path -Path $script:localapp -ChildPath 'checks.json'
         if ($Pattern) {
             if ($Pattern -notmatch '\*') {
-                $output = @(Get-Content "$script:localapp\checks.json" | Out-String | ConvertFrom-Json).ForEach{
+                $output = @([System.IO.File]::ReadAllText("$script:localapp/checks.json" ) | ConvertFrom-Json).ForEach{
                     $psitem | Where-Object {
                         $_.Group, $_.Description , $_.UniqueTag , $_.AllTags, $_.Type -match $Pattern
                     }
                 }
-            }
-            else {
-                $output = @(Get-Content "$script:localapp\checks.json" | Out-String | ConvertFrom-Json).ForEach{
+            } else {
+                $output = @([System.IO.File]::ReadAllText("$script:localapp/checks.json" ) | ConvertFrom-Json).ForEach{
                     $psitem | Where-Object {
                         $_.Group, $_.Description , $_.UniqueTag , $_.AllTags, $_.Type -like $Pattern
                     }
                 }
             }
-        }
-        else {
-            $output = Get-Content "$script:localapp\checks.json" | Out-String | ConvertFrom-Json
+        } else {
+            $output = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllText("$script:localapp/checks.json" ) | ConvertFrom-Json
         }
         if ($Group) {
             $output = @($output).ForEach{
@@ -74,76 +74,4 @@ function Get-DbcCheck {
             Select-DefaultView -InputObject $psitem -TypeName Check -Property 'Group', 'Type', 'UniqueTag', 'AllTags', 'Config', 'Description'
         }
     }
-}
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+}
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