From ac0e7840479153bc1a97561abd6d8a124ff7ba91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kittycannon <alejandro.cervera@sintekanalytics.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2026 21:50:29 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] more changes

---
 src/kmake/project/Distro.cpp  | 5 ++++-
 src/kmake/project/Project.cpp | 9 +--------
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/kmake/project/Distro.cpp b/src/kmake/project/Distro.cpp
index 846d1ae..360defc 100644
--- a/src/kmake/project/Distro.cpp
+++ b/src/kmake/project/Distro.cpp
@@ -7,11 +7,14 @@ namespace kmake {
     Distro::~Distro() {}
 
     optional<string> Distro::getVar(const string& name) {
+        // find distro var
         auto it = vars.find(name);
         if (it != vars.end()) {
             return it->second;
         }
-        return {};
+        
+        // check if project has it
+        return project->getVar(name);
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/kmake/project/Project.cpp b/src/kmake/project/Project.cpp
index 9a78bc9..aef262c 100644
--- a/src/kmake/project/Project.cpp
+++ b/src/kmake/project/Project.cpp
@@ -285,14 +285,7 @@ namespace kmake {
     }
 
     Distro& Project::getDistro(const string& distro_name) {
-        auto it = distros.find(distro_name);
-        if (it != distros.end()) {
-            return it->second;
-        }
-        // Return reference to first distro if exists, otherwise create a default
-        // This should not happen if hasDistro is checked first
-        static Distro empty_distro;
-        return empty_distro;
+        return distros.find(distro_name)->second;
     }
 
     optional<string> Project::getVar(const string& var_name) {