diff --git a/agent.py b/agent.py
index 128b4d0..862daf8 100644
--- a/agent.py
+++ b/agent.py
@@ -241,16 +241,77 @@ class ServerData:
             logging.error("Failed to get public IP: {}".format(e))
             return '127.0.0.1'
 
-    def get_os(self):
-        os_id = 27
-        logging.info("OS ID: {}".format(os_id))
-        return os_id
+    def get_os_release_info(self):
+        os_release_info = {}
+        
+        # reading from /etc/os-release
+        try:
+            with open('/etc/os-release') as f:
+                lines = f.read().splitlines()
+                os_release_info = {line.split('=')[0]: line.split('=')[1].strip('"') for line in lines if '=' in line}
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            logging.warning("/etc/os-release not found, trying /etc/VERSION")
+        except Exception as e:
+            logging.error("Failed to read /etc/os-release: {}".format(e))
+            return {}
 
-    def create_post_data(self):
+        # If /etc/os-release is not found or empty, fallback to /etc/VERSION
+        if not os_release_info:
+            try:
+                with open('/etc/VERSION') as f:
+                    lines = f.read().splitlines()
+                    for line in lines:
+                        if '=' in line:
+                            key, value = line.split('=', 1)
+                            os_release_info[key.strip()] = value.strip()
+            except Exception as e:
+                logging.error("Failed to read /etc/VERSION: {}".format(e))
+                return {}
+
+        return os_release_info
+
+
+    def get_os_id(self, os_list):
+        os_info = self.get_os_release_info()
+        
+        if not os_info:
+            logging.error("No OS release info found.")
+            for os_entry in os_list:
+                if os_entry['name'].lower() in ["other", "custom"]:
+                    return os_entry['id']
+            return 1
+
+        if 'ID' in os_info and 'VERSION_ID' in os_info:
+            current_os = (os_info.get('ID', 'Unknown') + " " + os_info.get('VERSION_ID', '').strip()).strip()
+        else:
+             current_os = (os_info.get('os_name', 'Unknown') +" "+ os_info.get('productversion', '').strip()).strip().lower()
+
+        for os_entry in os_list:
+            if current_os in os_entry['name'].lower():
+                return os_entry['id']
+
+        # Fallback checks for common OS names if full name doesn't match
+        for os_entry in os_list:
+            if 'ubuntu' in current_os and 'ubuntu' in os_entry['name'].lower():
+                return os_entry['id']
+            elif 'centos' in current_os and 'centos' in os_entry['name'].lower():
+                return os_entry['id']
+            elif 'fedora' in current_os and 'fedora' in os_entry['name'].lower():
+                return os_entry['id']
+
+        # Default to 'other' or 'custom' if no match found
+        for os_entry in os_list:
+            if os_entry['name'].lower() in ["other", "custom"]:
+                return os_entry['id']
+        return 1
+
+
+
+    def create_post_data(self, os_list):
         ram, disk = self.get_ram_and_disk()
         post_data = {
             "server_type": 1,
-            "os_id": self.get_os(),
+            "os_id": self.get_os_id(os_list),
             "provider_id": 10,
             "location_id": 15,
             "ssh_port": 22,
@@ -418,6 +479,11 @@ class ServerManager:
             return self.update_note(note_data, server_id)
         else:
             return self.create_note(note_data)
+    
+    def get_os_list(self):
+        os_list = self.send_request('GET', '/api/os')
+        logging.info("OS list fetched successfully") if os_list else logging.error("Failed to fetch OS list")
+        return os_list or []
 
 def validate_env_vars():
     api_key = os.getenv('AGENT_API')
@@ -441,6 +507,8 @@ def main():
     server_id = server_manager.upsert_server(post_data)
     logging.info('Server id: {}'.format(server_id))
 
+    os_list = server_manager.get_os_list()
+   
     note_data = server_data.create_note_data()
     server_manager.upsert_note(note_data, server_id)