diff --git a/setup/so-functions b/setup/so-functions
index 9cb191912..5224a5b90 100755
--- a/setup/so-functions
+++ b/setup/so-functions
@@ -2256,7 +2256,7 @@ saltify() {
 		  logCmd "yum -y install wget nmap-ncat"
 		fi
 
-		if [[ ! is_analyst ]]; then 
+		if [[ ! $is_analyst ]]; then 
 		    case "$install_type" in
 		    	'MANAGER' | 'EVAL' | 'MANAGERSEARCH' | 'FLEET' | 'HELIXSENSOR' | 'STANDALONE'| 'IMPORT')
 		    		reserve_group_ids
diff --git a/setup/so-setup b/setup/so-setup
index 47977a90b..af822c64c 100755
--- a/setup/so-setup
+++ b/setup/so-setup
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
 done
 
 detect_os
-is_analyst=false
+is_analyst=
 if [ "$setup_type" = 'analyst' ]; then
     is_analyst=true
 	# Check to see if this is an ISO