diff --git a/wo/cli/plugins/stack.py b/wo/cli/plugins/stack.py
index b0ff144..21d8395 100644
--- a/wo/cli/plugins/stack.py
+++ b/wo/cli/plugins/stack.py
@@ -1709,9 +1709,9 @@ class WOStackController(CementBaseController):
             if (apt_packages):
                 meminfo = (os.popen('cat /proc/meminfo '
                                     '| grep MemTotal').read()).split("       ")
-                memsplit = (meminfo[1]).split(" ")
+                memsplit = re.split(" ", meminfo[1])
                 wo_mem = int(memsplit[0])
-                if wo_mem < 4000000:
+                if (wo_mem < 4000000):
                     WOSwap.add(self)
                 Log.info(self, "Updating apt-cache, please wait...")
                 WOAptGet.update(self)