diff --git a/awesome/init.fnl b/awesome/init.fnl
index 23c8b15..94d5c54 100644
--- a/awesome/init.fnl
+++ b/awesome/init.fnl
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@
 
 ;; Set hostname so that we can utilize specific features on different machines
 (global laptop false)
-(awful.spawn.easy_async "hostname" (fn [ stdout stderr reason exit_code ]
+(global laptop (awful.spawn.easy_async "hostname" (fn [ stdout stderr reason exit_code ]
                                        (if (= "chris-linuxlaptop\n" stdout)
-                                           (global laptop true)
-                                           (naughty.notify {:text "didn't set"}))))
+                                           true
+                                           false))))
 (if laptop (naughty.notify {:text "laptop detected"}) (naughty.notify {:text "laptop not detected"}))
 
 ;; Table of layouts to cover with awful.layout.inc, order matters.