diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index c65bf136b..ca6003a9e 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ copy_new_files() {
 
 detect_os() {
 	# Detect Base OS
-	echo "Detecting Base OS" >> "$SOUP_LOG" 2>&1
+	echo "Determining Base OS." >> "$SOUP_LOG" 2>&1
 	if [ -f /etc/redhat-release ]; then
 		OS="centos"
 	elif [ -f /etc/os-release ]; then
@@ -240,7 +240,10 @@ while getopts ":b" opt; do
 done
 
 echo "Checking to see if this is a manager."
+echo ""
 manager_check
+detect_os
+echo ""
 echo "Cloning Security Onion github repo into $UPDATE_DIR."
 clone_to_tmp
 echo ""