diff --git a/docs/getting-started/install/debian.md b/docs/getting-started/install/debian.md
index c0359cd08..4282d12c3 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started/install/debian.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started/install/debian.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ wget -nv -O - https://get.docker.com/ | sh
 # install dokku
 wget -nv -O - https://packagecloud.io/gpg.key | apt-key add -
 OS_ID="$(lsb_release -cs 2> /dev/null || echo "trusty")"
+echo "trusty utopic vivid wily xenial yakkety zesty artful bionic" | grep -q "$OS_ID" || OS_ID="trusty"
 echo "deb https://packagecloud.io/dokku/dokku/ubuntu/ ${OS_ID} main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dokku.list
 sudo apt-get update -qq > /dev/null
 sudo apt-get install -qq -y dokku
diff --git a/docs/home.html b/docs/home.html
index 06cdd293e..f36c1d27c 100644
--- a/docs/home.html
+++ b/docs/home.html
@@ -137,6 +137,11 @@
             <span class="prompt">$</span>
             <span class="command">export OS_ID="$(lsb_release -cs 2> /dev/null || echo "trusty")"</span>
           </p>
+          <p class="line">
+            <span class="path"></span>
+            <span class="prompt">$</span>
+            <span class="command">echo "trusty utopic vivid wily xenial yakkety zesty artful bionic" | grep -q "$OS_ID" || OS_ID="trusty"</span>
+          </p>
           <p class="line">
             <span class="path"></span>
             <span class="prompt">$</span>