diff --git a/into_srpm.sh b/into_srpm.sh
index 922d899..5399dc9 100755
--- a/into_srpm.sh
+++ b/into_srpm.sh
@@ -174,26 +174,6 @@ fi
 
 SPECFILE=$(cd SPECS; ls *.spec)
 
-# Determine if we are an SCL
-ISSCL=0
-if [[ ${ALLOWSCL} -eq 1 ]]; then
-    mytestsclname='DA39A3EE5E6B4B0D3255BFEF95601890AFD80709'
-    mysclcheck=$(rpm --define "dist el" --define "scl ${mytestsclname}" -q --specfile "SPECS/${SPECFILE}" --qf '%{n}-%{v}-%{r}\n' 2>/dev/null | head -n 1)
-    echo ${mysclcheck} | grep -q ${mytestsclname}
-    if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
-        ISSCL=1
-        SCLNAME=$(show_possible_srpms.sh | cut -d'-' -f1 | sort -u)
-        if [[ $(echo ${SCLNAME} | wc -l) -ne 1 ]]; then
-            echo "$0 failed to determine unique SCL name" >&2
-            echo "Found:"                                 >&2
-            echo "${SCLNAME}"                             >&2
-        fi
-    fi
-fi
-
-# build our rpmopts list
-RPMOPTS="-bs --nodeps"
-
 # determine automatically unless we've got one set
 if [[ "x${DIST}" == 'x' ]]; then
     if [[ ${QUIET} -eq 1 ]]; then
@@ -203,6 +183,37 @@ if [[ "x${DIST}" == 'x' ]]; then
     fi
 fi
 
+# Determine if we are an SCL
+ISSCL=0
+if [[ ${ALLOWSCL} -eq 1 ]]; then
+    mytestsclname='DA39A3EE5E6B4B0D3255BFEF95601890AFD80709'
+    mysclcheck=$(rpm --define "dist ${DIST}" --define "scl ${mytestsclname}" -q --specfile "SPECS/${SPECFILE}" --qf '%{n}-%{v}-%{r}\n' 2>/dev/null | head -n 1)
+    echo ${mysclcheck} | grep -q ${mytestsclname}
+    if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
+        ISSCL=1
+        BASENAME=$(echo ${mysclcheck} | sed -e 's/DA39A3EE5E6B4B0D3255BFEF95601890AFD80709//')
+        RPMNAME=$(show_possible_srpms.sh | head -1)
+        SCLNAME=$(echo ${RPMNAME} | sed -e "s/${BASENAME}.src.rpm//")
+        if [[ $(echo ${SCLNAME} | wc -l) -ne 1 ]]; then
+            echo "$0 failed to determine unique SCL name" >&2
+            echo "Found:"                                 >&2
+            echo "${SCLNAME}"                             >&2
+        fi
+
+        scl_check=$(rpm --define "dist ${DIST}" --define "scl ${SCLNAME}" -q --specfile "SPECS/${SPECFILE}" --qf '%{n}-%{v}-%{r}.src.rpm\n' 2>/dev/null | head -n 1)
+        if [[ "${RPMNAME}" != "${scl_check}" ]]; then
+            echo "$0 failed to verify SCL name" >&2
+            echo "Found:"                       >&2
+            echo "${SCLNAME}"                   >&2
+            echo "made:     ${scl_check}"       >&2
+            echo "expected: ${RPMNAME}"         >&2
+        fi
+    fi
+fi
+
+# build our rpmopts list
+RPMOPTS="-bs --nodeps"
+
 # put it all together
 if [[ ${ISSCL} -eq 1 ]]; then
     rpmbuild --define "%_topdir `pwd`" ${RPMOPTS} --define "%dist ${DIST}" --define "%scl ${SCLNAME}" SPECS/${SPECFILE}
diff --git a/return_disttag.sh b/return_disttag.sh
index e846692..2c1e522 100755
--- a/return_disttag.sh
+++ b/return_disttag.sh
@@ -122,37 +122,38 @@ SPEC=$(cd SPECS; ls *.spec)
 
 #now get nvr from spec with placeholder dist
 mydist="XXXjsdf9ur7qlkasdh4gygXXX"
-testnvr=$(build_with_dist_scl "SPECS/${SPEC}" ${mydist})
+test_nvr=$(build_with_dist_scl "SPECS/${SPEC}" ${mydist})
 
-git_name=$(echo ${git_nvr} | cut -d '-' -f 1)
-test_name=$(echo ${testnvr} | cut -d '-' -f 1)
+test_nodist=$(echo ${test_nvr} | sed -e 's/-[a-zA-Z0-9\.]*$//')
+git_nodist=$(echo ${git_nvr} | sed -e 's/-[a-zA-Z0-9\._]*$//')
 
-if [[ "${git_name}" != "${test_name}" ]]; then
-    warn "Warning: ${git_name} != ${test_name}"
+if [[ "${git_nodist}" != "${test_nodist}" ]]; then
+    warn "Warning: ${git_nvr} != ${test_nvr}"
     warn "Warning: Trying as a Software Collection"
-    testnvr=$(build_with_dist_scl "SPECS/${SPEC}" ${mydist} ${git_name})
+    scl=$(echo ${git_nodist} |sed -e "s/-${test_nodist}//")
+    test_nvr=$(build_with_dist_scl "SPECS/${SPEC}" ${mydist} ${scl})
+    test_nodist=$(echo ${test_nvr} | sed -e 's/-[a-zA-Z0-9\.]*$//')
 fi
 
-test_name=$(echo ${testnvr} | cut -d '-' -f 1)
-if [[ "${git_name}" != "${test_name}" ]]; then
+if [[ "${git_nodist}" != "${test_nodist}" ]]; then
+    git_name=$(echo ${git_nvr} | cut -d '-' -f 1)
+    test_name=$(echo ${test_nvr} | cut -d '-' -f 1)
     warn "Warning: ${git_name} != ${test_name}"
     echo "Warning: Couldn't match srpm name" >&2
     exit 1
-else
-    scl=${git_name}
 fi
 
 #use our placeholder dist to split the nvr
-head=${testnvr%$mydist*}
+head=${test_nvr%$mydist*}
 
-if [ ".$head" = ".$testnvr" ]
+if [ ".$head" = ".$test_nvr" ]
 then
     #no dist tag
     echo ""
     exit
 fi
 
-tail=${testnvr#*$mydist}
+tail=${test_nvr#*$mydist}
 
 frag=${git_nvr#$head}
 dist=${frag%$tail}