diff --git a/debian/files/Install_Script.sh b/debian/files/Install_Script.sh
index 3659e23..0e34293 100644
--- a/debian/files/Install_Script.sh
+++ b/debian/files/Install_Script.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
 # CHANGELOG=/ts3server/CHANGELOG_$TS_VERSION
 # echo "Latest server version from Teamspeak:$TS_VERSION."
 
+: "${AUTO_UPDATE:=true}"
+AUTO_UPDATE=$(echo "$AUTO_UPDATE" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+
+echo "DEBUG: Variable hex output is: $(echo -n "$AUTO_UPDATE" | xxd -p)"
+
 if [ "$AUTO_UPDATE" = "true" ]; then
 		echo "INFO ! Teamspeak will auto update to the latest version."
 		echo "Checking server version from Teamspeak."
@@ -17,7 +22,6 @@ if [ "$AUTO_UPDATE" = "true" ]; then
 		echo "Latest server version from Teamspeak:$TS_VERSION."
 elif [ "$AUTO_UPDATE" = "false" ]; then
     	echo "INFO ! The version you selected will be installed."
-fi
 else
     echo "ERROR ! AUTO_UPDATE must be set to true or false on first run"
     sleep infinity