diff --git a/quickemu b/quickemu
index 47b6b5a..812bf12 100755
--- a/quickemu
+++ b/quickemu
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@ function vm_boot() {
     KERNEL_NAME="Unknown"
     KERNEL_NODE=""
     KERNEL_VER="?"
-    local HOST_OS="Unknown OS"
+    OS_RELEASE="Unknown OS"
     MACHINE_TYPE="${MACHINE_TYPE:-q35}"
     MAC_BOOTLOADER=""
     MAC_MISSING=""
@@ -1063,14 +1063,14 @@ function vm_boot() {
     if [ ${DARWIN} -eq 1 ]; then
         # Get macOS product name and version using swvers
         if [ -x "$(command -v sw_vers)" ]; then
-            HOST_OS="$(sw_vers --productName) $(sw_vers --productVersion)"
+            OS_RELEASE="$(sw_vers --productName) $(sw_vers --productVersion)"
         fi
     elif [ -e /etc/os-release ]; then
-        HOST_OS=$(grep PRETTY_NAME /etc/os-release | cut -d'"' -f2)
+        OS_RELEASE=$(grep PRETTY_NAME /etc/os-release | cut -d'"' -f2)
     fi
 
     echo "Quickemu ${VERSION} using ${QEMU} v${QEMU_VER_LONG}"
-    echo " - Host:     ${HOST_OS} running ${KERNEL_NAME} ${KERNEL_VER} ${KERNEL_NODE}"
+    echo " - Host:     ${OS_RELEASE} running ${KERNEL_NAME} ${KERNEL_VER} ${KERNEL_NODE}"
 
     # Force to lowercase.
     boot=${boot,,}