diff --git a/config/distri_id.cfg b/config/distri_id.cfg
index f8f025f4c..d7917883b 100644
--- a/config/distri_id.cfg
+++ b/config/distri_id.cfg
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ supermicrox11-bmc;/sbin/net-snmp-config; grep -E "x11.*AST2400.*arm-linux.*PLATF
 OpenWRT;/etc/openwrt_release;grep -a -o -E -e "^DISTRIB_ID=.*" -a -o -E -e "^DISTRIB_RELEASE=.*[0-9].*" -a -o -E -e "^DISTRIB_REVISION=.*";sed 's/DISTRIB_ID=//g' | sed 's/DISTRIB_RELEASE=//g' | sed 's/DISTRIB_REVISION=//g'
 OpenWRT;/etc/openwrt_version;grep -E -e "[0-9]+\.[0-9]+";sed -e 's/^/OpenWrt\ /g'
 buildroot;/etc/os-release;grep -a -o -E -e "^NAME=.*" -a -o -E -e "^VERSION_ID=[0-9].*";sed 's/NAME=//g' | sed 's/VERSION_ID=//g'
+debian-Linux;/etc/debian_version;grep -a -o -E -e "[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)+?";sed 's/^/debian\ /'
 os-release-Linux;/etc/os-release;grep -a -o -E -e "^ID=.*" -a -o -E -e "^VERSION_ID=.*";sed 's/VERSION_ID=//g' | sed 's/ID=//g'
 lsb-release-Linux;/etc/lsb-release;grep -a -o -E -e "^DISTRIB_ID=.*" -a -o -E -e "^DISTRIB_RELEASE=.*";sed 's/DISTRIB_ID=//g' | sed 's/DISTRIB_RELEASE=//g'
-debian-Linux;/etc/debian_version;grep -a -o -E -e "[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)+?";sed 's/^/debian\ /'
 DD-WRT;/etc/motd;grep -a -o -E "DD-WRT v[0-9]+(-sp[0-9])?";sort -u
 #                      DD-WRT build #23
 DD-WRT;/etc/motd;grep -a -o -E "DD-WRT build.\#[0-9][0-9]";sort -u
diff --git a/helpers/helpers_emba_dependency_check.sh b/helpers/helpers_emba_dependency_check.sh
index 50d2619f3..21644687e 100755
--- a/helpers/helpers_emba_dependency_check.sh
+++ b/helpers/helpers_emba_dependency_check.sh
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ check_nvd_db() {
   local REMOTE_HASH="${1:-}"
   local LOCAL_HASH=""
   if [[ -d "${EXT_DIR}"/nvd-json-data-feeds ]] ; then
-    LOCAL_HASH="$(head -c 8 "${EXT_DIR}"/nvd-json-data-feeds/.git/refs/heads/main)"
+    LOCAL_HASH="$(head "${EXT_DIR}"/nvd-json-data-feeds/.git/refs/heads/main)"
 
     if [[ "${REMOTE_HASH}" == "${LOCAL_HASH}" ]]; then
       echo -e "    CVE database version - ${GREEN}ok${NC}"
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ check_epss_db() {
   local REMOTE_HASH="${1:-}"
   local LOCAL_HASH=""
   if [[ -d "${EXT_DIR}"/EPSS-data ]] ; then
-    LOCAL_HASH="$(head -c 8 "${EXT_DIR}"/EPSS-data/.git/refs/heads/main)"
+    LOCAL_HASH="$(head "${EXT_DIR}"/EPSS-data/.git/refs/heads/main)"
 
     if [[ "${REMOTE_HASH}" == "${LOCAL_HASH}" ]]; then
       echo -e "    EPSS database version - ${GREEN}ok${NC}"
@@ -161,7 +161,8 @@ check_git_hash() {
   local REMOTE_HASH="${1:-}"
   local LOCAL_HASH=""
   if git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
-    LOCAL_HASH="$(git describe --always)"
+    LOCAL_HASH="$(head .git/refs/heads/master)"
+    # LOCAL_HASH="$(git describe --always)"
 
     if [[ "${REMOTE_HASH}" == "${LOCAL_HASH}" ]]; then
       echo -e "    EMBA github version - ${GREEN}ok${NC}"
diff --git a/modules/S06_distribution_identification.sh b/modules/S06_distribution_identification.sh
index a037164e7..ef6bd80e9 100755
--- a/modules/S06_distribution_identification.sh
+++ b/modules/S06_distribution_identification.sh
@@ -48,6 +48,15 @@ S06_distribution_identification()
       lSEARCH_FILE="$(safe_echo "${CONFIG}" | cut -d\; -f2)"
       # echo "lSEARCH_FILE: $lSEARCH_FILE"
       # echo "FIRMWARE_PATH: $FIRMWARE_PATH"
+      if [[ "${lSEARCH_FILE}" == *"os-release"* ]] || [[ "${lSEARCH_FILE}" == *"lsb-release"* ]]; then
+        # lets check if we have already a valid debian entry -> if so, we can skip this test
+        # this usually happens if we have already found an os_release or lsb-release file
+        # echo "Check for debian - os_release / lsb-release"
+        if grep -qE "debian_linux:[0-9]+" "${S06_CSV_LOG}"; then
+          print_output "[*] Already identified Debian Linux version -> skipping further tests now" "no_log"
+          continue
+        fi
+      fi
       mapfile -t lFOUND_FILES_ARR < <(find "${FIRMWARE_PATH}" -xdev -iwholename "*${lSEARCH_FILE}" || true)
       for lFILE in "${lFOUND_FILES_ARR[@]}"; do
         # print_output "lFILE: ${lFILE}"