diff --git a/jra_nextcloud.sh b/jra_nextcloud.sh
index c44bcb0..d0d9ab2 100644
--- a/jra_nextcloud.sh
+++ b/jra_nextcloud.sh
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ apt-get update -q2
 apt-get install -y curl letsencrypt nginx
 
 MIN_PHP="8.2"
-DISTRO_RELEASE="$(lsb_release -sc)"
 DOMAIN="$(find /etc/prosody/conf.d/ -name \*.lua|awk -F'.cfg' '!/localhost/{print $1}'|xargs basename)"
 PSGVER="$(apt-cache madison postgresql|tr -d '[:blank:]'|awk -F'[|+]' 'NR==1{print $2}')"
 NC_NGINX_SSL_PORT="$(grep "listen 44" /etc/nginx/sites-available/"$DOMAIN".conf | awk '{print$2}')"
diff --git a/tools/prepare_php.sh b/tools/prepare_php.sh
index bc91d18..1e28fb3 100644
--- a/tools/prepare_php.sh
+++ b/tools/prepare_php.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 
 PHPVER=$1
 STABLE_PHP="$(apt-cache madison php|grep -v ppa|awk -F'[:+]' 'NR==1{print $2}')"
+DISTRO_RELEASE="$(lsb_release -sc)"
 PHP_REPO="$(apt-cache policy | awk '/http/&&/php/{print$2}' | awk -F "/" 'NR==1{print$5}')"
+PHP_REPO_URL="http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu"
 PHP_FPM_DIR="/etc/php/$PHPVER/fpm"
 PHP_INI="$PHP_FPM_DIR/php.ini"
 PHP_CONF="/etc/php/$PHPVER/fpm/pool.d/www.conf"
@@ -46,7 +48,8 @@ if [ "$PHP_REPO" = "php" ]; then
 else
     echo "# Adding Ondrej PHP $PHPVER PPA Repository"
     add_gpg_keyring E5267A6C
-    echo "deb [arch=amd64] http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu $DISTRO_RELEASE main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/php"$PHPVER".list
+    echo "deb [arch=amd64] $PHP_REPO_URL $DISTRO_RELEASE main" | \
+    tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/php"$PHPVER".list
     apt-get update -q2
 fi
 }