--- opt/victorops/nagios_plugin/bin/do_victorops_heartbeat.orig	2014-06-11 10:25:17.252208492 -0500
+++ opt/victorops/nagios_plugin/bin/do_victorops_heartbeat	2014-06-11 10:29:51.392206330 -0500
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 fi
 
 # guess Distro
-DISTRO=$(/usr/bin/lsb_release -d 2>/dev/null | $SED 's/.*:[[:space:]]*//')
+DISTRO=$(/usr/bin/uname -or 2>/dev/null | $SED 's/.*:[[:space:]]*//')
 if [ "$DISTRO" = "" ]; then
     DISTRO=$($CAT /etc/*release | $HEAD -1)
 fi