diff --git a/highAvailability/haManager.py b/highAvailability/haManager.py
index 077ada262..dcda19b6d 100755
--- a/highAvailability/haManager.py
+++ b/highAvailability/haManager.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class HAManager(multi.Thread):
     def setupNode(self):
         try:
 
-            if ProcessUtilities.decideDistro() == ProcessUtilities.centos:
+            if ProcessUtilities.decideDistro() == ProcessUtilities.centos or ProcessUtilities.decideDistro() == ProcessUtilities.cent8:
                 mesg = 'Clusters are only supported on Ubuntu 18.04. [404]'
                 logging.statusWriter(self.data['tempStatusPath'], mesg)
                 return 0