diff --git a/DeployMacros.cmake b/DeployMacros.cmake
index 2540c44..4972476 100644
--- a/DeployMacros.cmake
+++ b/DeployMacros.cmake
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ macro(get_system _OS _ARCH)
 			endforeach()
 		endif()
 		find_file(_release_file NAMES os-release lsb-release PATHS ${_paths} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
-		if (NOT "x${_release_file}" STREQUAL "x")
+		if ("${_release_file}")
 			file(STRINGS "${_release_file}" _lines)
 			foreach(_l ${_lines})
 				if ("${_l}" MATCHES "VERSION_ID=.*")
@@ -390,9 +390,11 @@ macro(get_system _OS _ARCH)
 					#message("ID ${_os_id}")
 				endif()
 			endforeach()
-		endif()
-		string(TOLOWER "${_os_id}${_os_ver}" ${_OS})
-		if ("x${${_OS}}" STREQUAL "x")
+			string(TOLOWER "${_os_id}${_os_ver}" ${_OS})
+			if ("x${${_OS}}" STREQUAL "x")
+				set(${_OS} "linux")
+			endif()
+		else()
 			set(${_OS} "linux")
 		endif()
 		set(${_ARCH} "${MY_ARCH}")