diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4f884b1f2..e5309d6b0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ junit*.xml
 debug.test
 /output/
 coverage.out
+.idea/
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index eb297f707..053c0af41 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ IMAGE:=$(REGISTRY)/node-problem-detector:$(TAG)
 # support needs libsystemd-dev or libsystemd-journal-dev.
 ENABLE_JOURNALD?=1
 
-ifeq ($(go env GOHOSTOS), darwin)
+ifeq ($(shell go env GOHOSTOS), darwin)
 ENABLE_JOURNALD=0
-else ifeq ($(go env GOHOSTOS), windows)
+else ifeq ($(shell go env GOHOSTOS), windows)
 ENABLE_JOURNALD=0
 endif