diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1100de4..22da9ae 100755
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([MediaCore HID Server], [4.2.1], [bugs@miqra.nl], [mediacore-hid], [http://www.miqra.nl/])
+AC_INIT([MediaCore HID Server], [4.2.2], [bugs@miqra.nl], [mediacore-hid], [http://www.miqra.nl/])
 AC_PREREQ([2.59])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 no-define foreign subdir-objects])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.hpp])
diff --git a/src/gpio/dma.cpp b/src/gpio/dma.cpp
index 23d663d..531fb5a 100644
--- a/src/gpio/dma.cpp
+++ b/src/gpio/dma.cpp
@@ -509,17 +509,19 @@ void get_model_and_revision(DmaHardware &hw) {
   fclose(fp);
 
   if (modelstr[0] == '\0')
-    fatal("rpio-pwm: No 'Hardware' record in /proc/cpuinfo\n");
+  {
+    // If no hardware string was found, assume model 2 board - since rpi1 is deprecated anyway
+    hw.board_model = 2;
+  } else if (strstr(modelstr, "BCM2708")) {
+    hw.board_model = 1;
+  } else  {
+    // Assume model 2 board since rpi1 is deprecated anyway
+    hw.board_model = 2;
+  }
+
   if (revstr[0] == '\0')
     fatal("rpio-pwm: No 'Revision' record in /proc/cpuinfo\n");
 
-  if (strstr(modelstr, "BCM2708"))
-    hw.board_model = 1;
-  else if (strstr(modelstr, "BCM2709") || strstr(modelstr, "BCM2835") || strstr(modelstr, "BCM2711"))
-    hw.board_model = 2;
-  else
-    fatal("rpio-pwm: Cannot parse the hardware name string\n");
-
   /* Revisions documented at http://elinux.org/RPi_HardwareHistory */
   ptr = revstr + strlen(revstr) - 3;
   board_revision = strtol(ptr, &end, 16);