diff --git a/setup/so-preflight b/setup/so-preflight
index c2bbb7988..05ff75826 100644
--- a/setup/so-preflight
+++ b/setup/so-preflight
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ check_new_repos() {
 			)
 	else
 		local ubuntu_version
-		ubuntu_version=$(grep -q VERSION_ID /etc/os-release 2> /dev/null | awk -F '[ "]' '{print $2}')
+		ubuntu_version=$(grep VERSION_ID /etc/os-release 2> /dev/null | awk -F '[ "]' '{print $2}')
 		if [ "$OSVER" != "xenial" ]; then local py_ver_url_path="/py3"; else local py_ver_url_path="/apt"; fi
 		local repo_arr=(
 			"https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg"