diff --git a/ee/cli/plugins/secure.py b/ee/cli/plugins/secure.py
index 02c20bb3..ad32c40e 100644
--- a/ee/cli/plugins/secure.py
+++ b/ee/cli/plugins/secure.py
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class EESecureController(CementBaseController):
                 Log.info(self, "Please Enter valid port number :")
                 port = input("EasyEngine admin port [22222]:")
             self.app.pargs.user_input = port
-        if EEVariables.ee_platform_distro == 'Ubuntu':
+        if EEVariables.ee_platform_distro == 'ubuntu':
             EEShellExec.cmd_exec(self, "sed -i \"s/listen.*/listen "
                                  "{port} default_server ssl spdy;/\" "
                                  "/etc/nginx/sites-available/22222"
diff --git a/ee/cli/plugins/stack.py b/ee/cli/plugins/stack.py
index 9b851cec..36540e66 100644
--- a/ee/cli/plugins/stack.py
+++ b/ee/cli/plugins/stack.py
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ class EEStackController(CementBaseController):
                     nc.savef('/etc/nginx/nginx.conf')
 
                     # Custom Nginx configuration by EasyEngine
-                    if EEVariables.ee_platform_distro == 'Ubuntu':
+                    if EEVariables.ee_platform_distro == 'ubuntu':
                         data = dict(version=EEVariables.ee_version,
                                     Ubuntu=True)
                     else:
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ class EEStackController(CementBaseController):
                 # For debian install xdebug
 
                 if (EEVariables.ee_platform_distro == "debian" and
-                   EEVariables.ee_platform_distro == 'wheezy'):
+                   EEVariables.ee_platform_codename == 'wheezy'):
                     EEShellExec.cmd_exec(self, "pecl install xdebug")
 
                     with open("/etc/php5/mods-available/xdebug.ini",
@@ -1461,7 +1461,7 @@ class EEStackController(CementBaseController):
             if self.app.pargs.nginx:
                 Log.debug(self, "Setting apt_packages variable for Nginx")
 
-                if EEVariables.ee_platform_distro == 'Debian':
+                if EEVariables.ee_platform_distro == 'debian':
                     check_nginx = 'nginx-extras'
                 else:
                     check_nginx = 'nginx-custom'
diff --git a/ee/cli/plugins/stack_upgrade.py b/ee/cli/plugins/stack_upgrade.py
index 1bfe07e3..4c9eac0a 100644
--- a/ee/cli/plugins/stack_upgrade.py
+++ b/ee/cli/plugins/stack_upgrade.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class EEStackUpgradeController(CementBaseController):
 
     @expose(hide=True)
     def upgrade_php56(self):
-        if EEVariables.ee_platform_distro == "Ubuntu":
+        if EEVariables.ee_platform_distro == "ubuntu":
             if os.path.isfile("/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ondrej-php5-5_6-{0}."
                               "list".format(EEVariables.ee_platform_codename)):
                 Log.error(self, "Unable to find PHP 5.5")
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class EEStackUpgradeController(CementBaseController):
             if start_upgrade != "Y" and start_upgrade != "y":
                 Log.error(self, "Not starting PHP package update")
 
-        if EEVariables.ee_platform_distro == "Ubuntu":
+        if EEVariables.ee_platform_distro == "ubuntu":
             EERepo.remove(self, ppa="ppa:ondrej/php5")
             EERepo.add(self, ppa=EEVariables.ee_php_repo)
         else:
diff --git a/ee/core/apt_repo.py b/ee/core/apt_repo.py
index ecfd4cfc..601a88cc 100644
--- a/ee/core/apt_repo.py
+++ b/ee/core/apt_repo.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class EERepo():
                 Log.debug(self, "{0}".format(e))
                 Log.error(self, "Unable to add repo")
         if ppa is not None:
-            if EEVariables.ee_platform_distro == 'squeeze':
+            if EEVariables.ee_platform_codename == 'squeeze':
                 print("Cannot add repo for {distro}"
                       .format(distro=EEVariables.ee_platform_distro))
             else:
diff --git a/ee/core/variables.py b/ee/core/variables.py
index ad7e1344..ceb7b0b4 100644
--- a/ee/core/variables.py
+++ b/ee/core/variables.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class EEVariables():
     ee_date = datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%d%b%Y%H%M%S')
 
     # EasyEngine core variables
-    ee_platform_distro = platform.linux_distribution()[0]
+    ee_platform_distro = platform.linux_distribution()[0].lower()
     ee_platform_version = platform.linux_distribution()[1]
     ee_platform_codename = os.popen("lsb_release -sc | tr -d \'\\n\'").read()
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class EEVariables():
 
     # EasyEngine stack installation varibales
     # Nginx repo and packages
-    if ee_platform_distro == 'Ubuntu':
+    if ee_platform_distro == 'ubuntu':
         ee_nginx_repo = "ppa:rtcamp/nginx"
         ee_nginx = ["nginx-custom", "nginx-common"]
     elif ee_platform_distro == 'debian':
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class EEVariables():
         ee_nginx = ["nginx-extras", "nginx-common"]
 
     # PHP repo and packages
-    if ee_platform_distro == 'Ubuntu':
+    if ee_platform_distro == 'ubuntu':
         ee_php_repo = "ppa:ondrej/php5-5.6"
     elif ee_platform_codename == 'wheezy':
         ee_php_repo = ("deb http://packages.dotdeb.org {codename}-php56 all"
@@ -95,11 +95,11 @@ class EEVariables():
               "php5-mysql", "php5-cli", "php5-memcache", "php5-imagick",
               "memcached", "graphviz", "php-pear", "php5-dev"]
 
-    if ee_platform_distro == 'Ubuntu' or ee_platform_codename == 'jessie':
+    if ee_platform_distro == 'ubuntu' or ee_platform_codename == 'jessie':
         ee_php = ee_php + ["php5-xdebug"]
 
     # MySQL repo and packages
-    if ee_platform_distro == 'Ubuntu':
+    if ee_platform_distro == 'ubuntu':
         ee_mysql_repo = ("deb http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/MariaDB/repo/"
                          "10.0/ubuntu {codename} main"
                          .format(codename=ee_platform_codename))
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ class EEVariables():
 
     ee_mysql = ["mariadb-server", "percona-toolkit"]
 
-
     # Postfix repo and packages
     ee_postfix_repo = ""
     ee_postfix = ["postfix"]
@@ -132,7 +131,7 @@ class EEVariables():
 
     # HHVM repo details
     # 12.04 requires boot repository
-    if ee_platform_distro == 'Ubuntu':
+    if ee_platform_distro == 'ubuntu':
         if ee_platform_codename == "precise":
             ee_boost_repo = ("ppa:mapnik/boost")