diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index c64518d..2d6a1c5 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -3611,6 +3611,8 @@ get_distro_data()
 	# get the wild carded array of release/version /etc files if present
 	shopt -s nullglob
 	cd /etc
+	# note: always exceptions, so wild card after release/version: /etc/lsb-release-crunchbang
+	# wait to handle since crunchbang file is one of the few in the world that uses this method
 	a_distro_glob=(*[-_]{release,version})
 	cd "$OLDPWD"
 	shopt -u nullglob
@@ -3747,37 +3749,37 @@ get_lsb_os_release_data()
 				BEGIN {
 					IGNORECASE=1
 				}
+				# clean out unwanted characters
+				{ 
+					gsub(/\"/,"", $0 )
+					gsub(/^[[:space:]]+|[[:space:]]+$/, "", $2 )
+					gsub(/^[[:space:]]+|[[:space:]]+$/, "", $1 )
+				}
 				# note: adding the spacing directly to variable to make sure distro output is null if not found
 				/^DISTRIB_ID/ {
-					gsub(/^ +| +$/, "", $NF)
 					# this is needed because grep for "arch" is too loose to be safe
-					if ( $NF == "arch" ) {
+					if ( $2 == "arch" ) {
 						distroId = "Arch Linux"
 					}
-					else if ( $NF != "n/a" ) {
-						distroId = $NF " "
+					else if ( $2 != "n/a" ) {
+						distroId = $2 " "
 					}
 				}
 				/^DISTRIB_RELEASE/ {
-					gsub(/^ +| +$/, "", $NF)
-					if ( $NF != "n/a" ) {
-						distroRelease = $NF " "
+					if ( $2 != "n/a" ) {
+						distroRelease = $2 " "
 					}
 				}
 				/^DISTRIB_CODENAME/ {
-					gsub(/^ +| +$/, "", $NF)
-					if ( $NF != "n/a" ) {
-						distroCodename = $NF " "
+					if ( $2 != "n/a" ) {
+						distroCodename = $2 " "
 					}
 				}
 				# sometimes some distros cannot do their lsb-release files correctly, so here is
 				# one last chance to get it right.
 				/^DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION/ {
-					gsub(/^ +| +$/, "", $0)
-					if ( $NF != "n/a" ) {
-						# slice out the part inside "", like: DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Arch Linux"
-						gsub(/DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=|"/,"",$0)
-						distroDescription = $0
+s					if ( $2 != "n/a" ) {
+						distroDescription = $2
 					}
 				}
 				END {
@@ -3797,21 +3799,24 @@ get_lsb_os_release_data()
 		lsb-app)
 			# this is HORRIBLY slow, not using
 			if [[  -n $( type -p lsb_release ) ]];then
-				distro=$( echo "$( lsb_release -irc )" | gawk '
+				distro=$( echo "$( lsb_release -irc )" | gawk -F ':' '
 				BEGIN { 
 					IGNORECASE=1 
 				}
+				# clean out unwanted characters
+				{ 
+					gsub(/\"/,"", $0 )
+					gsub(/^[[:space:]]+|[[:space:]]+$/, "", $2 )
+					gsub(/^[[:space:]]+|[[:space:]]+$/, "", $1 )
+				}
 				/^Distributor ID/ {
-					gsub(/^ +| +$/, "", $NF)
-					distroId = $NF
+					distroId = $2
 				}
 				/^Release/ {
-					gsub(/^ +| +$/, "", $NF)
-					distroRelease = $NF
+					distroRelease = $2
 				}
 				/^Codename/ {
-					gsub(/^ +| +$/, "", $NF)
-					distroCodename = $NF
+					distroCodename = $2
 				}
 				END {
 					print distroId " " distroRelease " (" distroCodename ")"
@@ -3829,27 +3834,29 @@ get_lsb_os_release_data()
 					versionId=""
 					distroName=""
 				}
+				# clean out unwanted characters
+				{ 
+					gsub(/\"/,"", $0 )
+					gsub(/^[[:space:]]+|[[:space:]]+$/, "", $2 )
+					gsub(/^[[:space:]]+|[[:space:]]+$/, "", $1 )
+				}
 				# note: adding the spacing directly to variable to make sure distro output is null if not found
 				/^PRETTY_NAME/ {
-					gsub(/^ +| +$|\"/, "", $NF)
-					if ( $NF != "n/a" ) {
-						prettyName = $NF
+					if ( $2 != "n/a" ) {
+						prettyName = $2
 					}
 				}
 				/^NAME/ {
-					gsub(/^ +| +$|\"/, "", $NF)
-					if ( $NF != "n/a" ) {
-						regularName = $NF
+					if ( $2 != "n/a" ) {
+						regularName = $2
 					}
 				}
 				/^VERSION/ {
-					gsub(/^ +| +$|\"/, "", $NF)
-					gsub(/^ +| +$/, "", $1)
-					if ( $NF != "n/a" && $1 == "VERSION" ) {
-						versionName = $NF
+					if ( $2 != "n/a" && $1 == "VERSION" ) {
+						versionName = $2
 					}
-					else if ( $NF != "n/a" && $1 == "VERSION_ID" ) {
-						versionId = $NF
+					else if ( $2 != "n/a" && $1 == "VERSION_ID" ) {
+						versionId = $2
 					}
 				}
 				END {