diff --git a/src/bug_report.cpp b/src/bug_report.cpp
index 9a1cb2254..4dd251f24 100644
--- a/src/bug_report.cpp
+++ b/src/bug_report.cpp
@@ -473,11 +473,11 @@ void print_bug_report_help() {
 
 	#elif defined(GB_SYSTEM_LINUX)
 		/*
-			Try to parse `/usr/lib/os-release` for `PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS`
+			Try to parse `/etc/os-release` for `PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS`
 		*/
 		gbAllocator a = heap_allocator();
 
-		gbFileContents release = gb_file_read_contents(a, 1, "/usr/lib/os-release");
+		gbFileContents release = gb_file_read_contents(a, 1, "/etc/os-release");
 		defer (gb_file_free_contents(&release));
 
 		b32 found = 0;
diff --git a/src/gb/gb.h b/src/gb/gb.h
index d9bf09436..a9d6378c9 100644
--- a/src/gb/gb.h
+++ b/src/gb/gb.h
@@ -6093,6 +6093,7 @@ gbFileContents gb_file_read_contents(gbAllocator a, b32 zero_terminate, char con
 }
 
 void gb_file_free_contents(gbFileContents *fc) {
+    if (fc == NULL || fc->size == 0) return;
 	GB_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(fc->data);
 	gb_free(fc->allocator, fc->data);
 	fc->data = NULL;