diff --git a/neofetch b/neofetch
index e97a7296..de657a3c 100755
--- a/neofetch
+++ b/neofetch
@@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ getdistro() {
                 esac
 
                 # Workarounds for distros that go against the os-release standard.
-                [ -z "$(trim $distro")" ] && distro="$(awk '/BLAG/ {print $1; exit}' /etc/*ease /usr/lib/*ease)"
-                [ -z "$(trim $distro")" ] && distro="$(awk -F'=' '{print $2}' /etc/*ease /usr/lib/*ease)"
+                [ -z "$(trim "$distro")" ] && distro="$(awk '/BLAG/ {print $1; exit}' /etc/*ease /usr/lib/*ease)"
+                [ -z "$(trim "$distro")" ] && distro="$(awk -F'=' '{print $2}' /etc/*ease /usr/lib/*ease)"
             fi
             distro="${distro//\"}"
             distro="${distro//\'}"