diff --git a/pisi/actionsapi/variables.py b/pisi/actionsapi/variables.py
index 4e4eb00f..e36145ad 100644
--- a/pisi/actionsapi/variables.py
+++ b/pisi/actionsapi/variables.py
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ class Generals:
     def __init__(self):
         self.values = ctx.config.values
         self.architecture = self.values.general.architecture
-
+        self.distribution = self.values.general.distribution
+        self.distribution_release = self.values.general.distribution_release
 
 # As we import this module from build.py, we can't init glb as a
 # singleton here.  Or else Python will bug us with NoneType errors
diff --git a/pisi/operations/install.py b/pisi/operations/install.py
index 2a2ca969..db1d2280 100644
--- a/pisi/operations/install.py
+++ b/pisi/operations/install.py
@@ -160,13 +160,13 @@ def install_pkg_files(package_URIs, reinstall = False):
     if not ctx.get_option('ignore_check'):
         for x in d_t.keys():
             pkg = d_t[x]
-            if pkg.distributionRelease != ctx.config.values.get("general", "distribution_release"):
+            if pkg.distributionRelease != ctx.config.values.general.distribution_release:
                 raise Exception(_('Package %s is not compatible with your distribution release %s %s.') \
-                        % (x, ctx.config.values.get("general", "distribution"), \
-                        ctx.config.values.get("general", "distribution_release")))
-            if pkg.architecture != ctx.config.values.get("general", "architecture"):
+                        % (x, ctx.config.values.general.distribution, \
+                        ctx.config.values.general.distribution_release))
+            if pkg.architecture != ctx.config.values.general.architecture:
                 raise Exception(_('Package %s (%s) is not compatible with your %s architecture.') \
-                        % (x, pkg.architecture, ctx.config.values.get("general", "architecture")))
+                        % (x, pkg.architecture, ctx.config.values.general.architecture))
 
     def satisfiesDep(dep):
         # is dependency satisfied among available packages