diff --git a/include/profiles b/include/profiles
index 58218012..abad736a 100644
--- a/include/profiles
+++ b/include/profiles
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #################################################################################
 #
     for PROFILE in ${PROFILES}; do
+
         LogText "Reading profile/configuration ${PROFILE}"
         FIND=$(egrep "^config:|^[a-z-].*=" ${PROFILE} | sed 's/ /!space!/g')
         for CONFIGOPTION in ${FIND}; do
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@
                 # Old style configuration
                 OPTION=$(echo ${CONFIGOPTION} | cut -d ':' -f2)
                 VALUE=$(echo ${CONFIGOPTION} | cut -d ':' -f3 | sed 's/!space!/ /g')
-              else
+            else
                 OPTION=$(echo ${CONFIGOPTION} | cut -d '=' -f1)
                 VALUE=$(echo ${CONFIGOPTION} | cut -d '=' -f2 | sed 's/!space!/ /g')
             fi
@@ -162,6 +163,10 @@
                     AddSetting "group" "${GROUP_NAME}" "Group"
                 ;;
 
+                hostalias | host-alias)
+                    Report "host_alias=${VALUE}"
+                ;;
+
                 hostid)
                     HOSTID="${VALUE}"
                 ;;
@@ -459,23 +464,20 @@
 #################################################################################
 #
     # Add group name to report
-    if [ ! "${GROUP_NAME}" = "" ]; then
-        Report "group=${GROUP_NAME}"
-    fi
+    if [ ! -z "${GROUP_NAME}" ]; then Report "group=${GROUP_NAME}"; fi
 #
 #################################################################################
 #
     # Set default values (only if not configured in profile)
-    if [ "${MACHINE_ROLE}" = "" ]; then
+    if [ -z "${MACHINE_ROLE}" ]; then
         MACHINE_ROLE="server"
         LogText "Set option to default value: MACHINE_ROLE --> ${MACHINE_ROLE}"
     fi
 
-    if [ "${NTPD_ROLE}" = "" ]; then
+    if [ -z "${NTPD_ROLE}" ]; then
         NTPD_ROLE="client"
         LogText "Set option to default value: NTPD_ROLE --> ${NTPD_ROLE}"
     fi
-
 #
 #################################################################################
 #
@@ -491,8 +493,7 @@
 #
     Display --indent 2 --text "- Checking profiles..." --result "DONE" --color GREEN
 
-
 LogTextBreak
 
 #================================================================================
-# Lynis - Copyright 2007-2017, Michael Boelen - CISOfy, https://cisofy.com
+# Lynis - Security Auditing and System Hardening for Linux and UNIX - https://cisofy.com