diff --git a/installer b/installer
index b33bac8..ef30e68 100755
--- a/installer
+++ b/installer
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # AIF, Calamares, and the Arch Wiki.. Credit where credit is due
 
 # shellcheck disable=SC2086,SC2046,SC2254,SC2164
-VER=2.1.60
+VER=2.1.61
 
 # default values {
 
@@ -1152,11 +1152,16 @@ part_find()
 part_swap()
 {
 	local swp="$1"
+	local size=0
 
 	if [[ $swp == "$MNT/swapfile" && $SWAP_S ]]; then
 		msg "Swap Setup" "\nActivating $SWAP_S swapfile at /swapfile\n" 1
-		fallocate -l $SWAP_S "$swp" 2> "$ERR"
-		errshow 0 "fallocate -l '$SWAP_S' '$swp'"
+		case "${SWAP_S: -1}" in
+			G) size=$(( ${SWAP_S:0:-1} * 1024 )) ;;
+			M) size=${SWAP_S:0:-1} ;;
+		esac
+		dd if=/dev/zero of="$swp" bs=1M count=$size
+		errshow 0 "dd if=/dev/zero of='$swp' bs=1M count=$size"
 		chmod 600 "$swp" 2> "$ERR"
 		errshow 0 "chmod 600 '$swp'"
 	else