diff --git a/oscar/oscar.pro b/oscar/oscar.pro
index 9e5977a4..2d88dd0a 100644
--- a/oscar/oscar.pro
+++ b/oscar/oscar.pro
@@ -521,6 +521,7 @@ DISTFILES += help/default.css \
     help/index.qhcp
 }
 
+message("CXXFLAGS pre-mods $$QMAKE_CXXFLAGS ")
 
 # Always treat warnings as errors, even (especially!) in release
 QMAKE_CFLAGS += -Werror
@@ -533,22 +534,28 @@ gcc | clang {
     COMPILER_MAJOR = $$first(COMPILER_MAJOR)
 
     message("$$QMAKE_CXX major version $$COMPILER_MAJOR")
-
-##  equals($$QMAKE_CXX, "gcc") : {   // guwess what! the name is really "g++"
-    gcc {
-        greaterThan(COMPILER_MAJOR, 10) : {
-            QMAKE_CFLAGS += -Wno-error=stringop-overread
-            QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -Wno-error=stringop-overread
-            message("Removing stringop-overread error")
-        }
-    }
-
 }
 
+##  equals($$QMAKE_CXX, "gcc") : {   // guess what! the name is really "g++"
+gcc {
+    message("Detected compiler type gcc")
+    greaterThan(COMPILER_MAJOR, 10) : {
+        QMAKE_CFLAGS += -Wno-error=stringop-overread
+        QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -Wno-error=stringop-overread
+        message("Making stringop-overread a non-error")
+    }
+}
+clang {
+    message("Detected comiler type clang")
+}
+
+
 # Make deprecation warnings just warnings
 QMAKE_CFLAGS += -Wno-error=deprecated-declarations
 QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -Wno-error=deprecated-declarations
 
+message("CXXFLAGS post-mods $$QMAKE_CXXFLAGS ")
+
 lessThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION,5)|lessThan(QT_MINOR_VERSION,9) {
     QMAKE_CFLAGS += -Wno-error=strict-aliasing
     QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -Wno-error=strict-aliasing