diff --git a/functions/universal/software/f_systemtools.cfg b/functions/universal/software/f_systemtools.cfg
index 901e9511..ba0b0b9f 100644
--- a/functions/universal/software/f_systemtools.cfg
+++ b/functions/universal/software/f_systemtools.cfg
@@ -30,8 +30,12 @@ function installEtcher() {
 	programHomepage="https://balena-etcher.eu/"
 	repoName="balena-io/etcher"
 
+	# June 2024: Etcher releases seem sparse and issues for years are going un-fixed (even with PRs that fixed them submitted)
+
+	#[[ "${distroBase}" == "ubuntu" ]] && fileFormat="deb" || fileFormat="AppImage"
+
 	# for now use the appImage for Debian until i know the DEB could work on Debian
-	[[ "${distroBase}" == "ubuntu" ]] && fileFormat="deb" || fileFormat="AppImage"
+	fileFormat="AppImage"
 
 	gitDownload ${repoName} ${fileFormat}