diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 42625105a9003c0f2b6809de24f11cedc4a14024..62d9d73be56c13cf2c64068e496d245a4135a940 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2014-10-14, v0.7.2
+	* Fix an exception triggered when collecting Ubuntu metadata
+
 2014-10-06, v0.7.1
 	* Fix a bug in host bundling operation where the file system UUIDs and
 	  Labels where not preserved
diff --git a/image_creator/os_type/ubuntu.py b/image_creator/os_type/ubuntu.py
index 7b73ab4d96e6c8915c67044a00b5e5ba52af679f..1c6724bfa10e82e292b28f6977c4b792ae7a9ce9 100644
--- a/image_creator/os_type/ubuntu.py
+++ b/image_creator/os_type/ubuntu.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class Ubuntu(Linux):
 
         super(Ubuntu, self)._do_collect_metadata()
 
-        regexp = re.compile('^(k|l|x)?ubuntu-desktop$')
+        regexp = re.compile('^(k|l|x)ubuntu-desktop$')
         variant = ""
         for app in self.image.g.inspect_list_applications(self.root):
             match = regexp.match(app['app_name'])
diff --git a/image_creator/version.py b/image_creator/version.py
index 2076692dae1c90f7fa129fb7dc8aa9d925face4b..fbbd6d62bee9a3f4af96c7a2ece44963defa6a83 100644
--- a/image_creator/version.py
+++ b/image_creator/version.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 
-__version__ = "0.7.1"
+__version__ = "0.7.2"
 __version_vcs_info__ = {
-    'branch': 'hotfix-0.7.1',
-    'revid': '080bf9c',
-    'revno': 578}
+    'branch': 'hotfix-0.7.2',
+    'revid': '7b0713f',
+    'revno': 582}
 __version_user_email__ = "skalkoto@grnet.gr"
 __version_user_name__ = "Nikos Skalkotos"
diff --git a/version b/version
index 39e898a4f952d339c155a7939d571a5fdd6c8cfc..7486fdbc50b3f93d9d04db440483984df5d1dcce 100644
--- a/version
+++ b/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.7.1
+0.7.2