diff --git a/examples/mobile/Makefile b/examples/mobile/Makefile
index beefcb682c..be01ae2e0e 100644
--- a/examples/mobile/Makefile
+++ b/examples/mobile/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 DEVICE = ${DEVICE_ID}
 ifndef DEVICE_ID
-	DEVICE=$(shell xcrun simctl list devices 'iOS' | grep -v 'unavailable' | grep -v '^--' | grep -v '==' | head -n 1 | cut -d ' ' -f 7 | sed 's/[()]//g')
+	DEVICE=$(shell xcrun simctl list devices 'iOS' | grep -v 'unavailable' | grep -v '^--' | grep -v '==' | head -n 1 | grep -E -o -i "([0-9a-f]{8}-([0-9a-f]{4}-){3}[0-9a-f]{12})")
 endif
 
 run: install