diff --git a/nicparseMacos.bash b/nicparseMacos.bash
index c1df142..7641fae 100644
--- a/nicparseMacos.bash
+++ b/nicparseMacos.bash
@@ -39,10 +39,13 @@ unameOut="$(uname -s)"
 case "${unameOut}" in
     Linux*)     ostype=Linux;;
     Darwin*)    ostype=Mac;;
-    CYGWIN*)    ostype=Cygwin;;
-    MINGW*)     ostype=MinGw;;
     *)          ostype="UNKNOWN:${unameOut}"
 esac
+case "$OSTYPE" in
+      freebsd*) ostype=FreeBSD;;
+      win32*)   ostype=Windows;;
+      *)        ostype="UNKNOWN"
+esac
 #echo ${ostype}
 }