diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index a79cfe7..c2e348c 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,17 @@ if(APPLE)
   set(ENV{PKG_CONFIG_PATH} "$ENV{PKG_CONFIG_PATH}:/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:/opt/X11/lib/pkgconfig")
 endif()
 
+if(UNIX) #Checking if compiling on Ubuntu that has a buggy menu system
+  find_program(LSB_RELEASE_BIN lsb_release)
+  if(LSB_RELEASE_BIN)
+    execute_process(COMMAND ${LSB_RELEASE_BIN} -is
+      OUTPUT_VARIABLE DISTRIBUTION OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+    if(DISTRIBUTION STREQUAL Ubuntu)
+      set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -DUBUNTU_BUGGED_MENU")
+    endif()
+  endif()
+endif()
+
 INCLUDE(FindPkgConfig)
 
 find_package(LibClang REQUIRED)
diff --git a/src/menu.cc b/src/menu.cc
index 673cce3..be9c1fb 100644
--- a/src/menu.cc
+++ b/src/menu.cc
@@ -10,39 +10,27 @@ Menu::Menu() {
 
 //TODO: if Ubuntu ever gets fixed, move to constructor, also cleanup the rest of the Ubuntu specific code
 void Menu::init() {
-  bool ubuntu_bugged_menu_system=false; //TODO: move to CMakeLists.txt and set -DUBUNTU_BUGGED_MENU
-#ifdef __linux
-  if(boost::filesystem::exists("/usr/bin/lsb_release")) {
-    std::stringstream stdin_stream, stdout_stream;
-    Singleton::terminal()->execute(stdin_stream, stdout_stream, "lsb_release -is");
-    if(stdout_stream.str()=="Ubuntu\n")
-      ubuntu_bugged_menu_system=true;
-  }
-#else
-  ubuntu_bugged_menu_system=false;
-#endif
-  
   auto accels=Singleton::Config::menu()->keys;
   for(auto &accel: accels) {
-    if(ubuntu_bugged_menu_system) {
-      size_t pos=0;
-      std::string second=accel.second;
-      while((pos=second.find('<', pos))!=std::string::npos) {
-        second.replace(pos, 1, "&lt;");
-        pos+=4;
-      }
-      pos=0;
-      while((pos=second.find('>', pos))!=std::string::npos) {
-        second.replace(pos, 1, "&gt;");
-        pos+=4;
-      }
-      if(second.size()>0)
-        accel.second="<attribute name='accel'>"+second+"</attribute>";
-      else
-        accel.second="";
+#ifdef UBUNTU_BUGGED_MENU
+    size_t pos=0;
+    std::string second=accel.second;
+    while((pos=second.find('<', pos))!=std::string::npos) {
+      second.replace(pos, 1, "&lt;");
+      pos+=4;
     }
+    pos=0;
+    while((pos=second.find('>', pos))!=std::string::npos) {
+      second.replace(pos, 1, "&gt;");
+      pos+=4;
+    }
+    if(second.size()>0)
+      accel.second="<attribute name='accel'>"+second+"</attribute>";
     else
       accel.second="";
+#else
+    accel.second="";
+#endif
   }
   
   ui_xml =