diff --git a/moonraker/components/gpio.py b/moonraker/components/gpio.py
index bd52f64..ab64a95 100644
--- a/moonraker/components/gpio.py
+++ b/moonraker/components/gpio.py
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import os
 import re
 import asyncio
-import platform
 import pathlib
 import logging
 import periphery
+from ..utils import KERNEL_VERSION
 
 # Annotation imports
 from typing import (
@@ -28,11 +28,6 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
 
 GpioEventCallback = Callable[[float, float, int], Optional[Awaitable[None]]]
 
-try:
-    KERNEL_VERSION = tuple([int(part) for part in platform.release().split(".")[:2]])
-except Exception:
-    KERNEL_VERSION = (0, 0)
-
 GPIO_PATTERN = r"""
     (?P<bias>[~^])?
     (?P<inverted>!)?
diff --git a/moonraker/components/machine.py b/moonraker/components/machine.py
index be72feb..c78c602 100644
--- a/moonraker/components/machine.py
+++ b/moonraker/components/machine.py
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ class Machine:
         dist_info = {'name': distro.name(pretty=True)}
         dist_info.update(distro.info())
         dist_info['release_info'] = distro.distro_release_info()
+        dist_info['kernel_version'] = platform.release()
         self.inside_container = False
         self.moonraker_service_info: Dict[str, Any] = {}
         self.sudo_req_lock = asyncio.Lock()
diff --git a/moonraker/loghelper.py b/moonraker/loghelper.py
index c2809a0..8245fb7 100644
--- a/moonraker/loghelper.py
+++ b/moonraker/loghelper.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import time
 import os
 import sys
 import asyncio
+import platform
 from queue import SimpleQueue as Queue
 from .common import RequestType
 
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ class MoonrakerLoggingHandler(logging.handlers.TimedRotatingFileHandler):
         strtime = time.asctime(time.gmtime())
         header = f"{'-'*20} Log Start | {strtime} {'-'*20}\n"
         self.stream.write(header)
+        self.stream.write(f"platform: {platform.platform(terse=True)}\n")
         app_section = "\n".join([f"{k}: {v}" for k, v in self.app_args.items()])
         self.stream.write(app_section + "\n")
         if self.rollover_info:
@@ -82,7 +84,8 @@ class LogManager:
         stdout_fmt = logging.Formatter(
             '[%(filename)s:%(funcName)s()] - %(message)s')
         stdout_hdlr.setFormatter(stdout_fmt)
-        app_args_str = "\n".join([f"{k}: {v}" for k, v in app_args.items()])
+        app_args_str = f"platform: {platform.platform(terse=True)}\n"
+        app_args_str += "\n".join([f"{k}: {v}" for k, v in app_args.items()])
         sys.stdout.write(f"\nApplication Info:\n{app_args_str}\n")
         self.file_hdlr: Optional[MoonrakerLoggingHandler] = None
         self.listener: Optional[logging.handlers.QueueListener] = None
diff --git a/moonraker/utils/__init__.py b/moonraker/utils/__init__.py
index 61c8c53..5a216a3 100644
--- a/moonraker/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/moonraker/utils/__init__.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import struct
 import socket
 import enum
 import ipaddress
+import platform
 from . import source_info
 from . import json_wrapper
 
@@ -43,6 +44,11 @@ SYS_MOD_PATHS += glob.glob("/usr/lib/python3*/site-packages")
 SYS_MOD_PATHS += glob.glob("/usr/lib/*-linux-gnu/python3*/site-packages")
 IPAddress = Union[ipaddress.IPv4Address, ipaddress.IPv6Address]
 
+try:
+    KERNEL_VERSION = tuple([int(part) for part in platform.release().split(".")[:2]])
+except Exception:
+    KERNEL_VERSION = (0, 0)
+
 class ServerError(Exception):
     def __init__(self, message: str, status_code: int = 400) -> None:
         Exception.__init__(self, message)