diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
index f4fc29b..a47457b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
@@ -20,5 +20,3 @@ jobs:
           fi
       - name: ubuntu checksec
         run: docker-compose run checksec-ubuntu
-      - name: photon checksec
-        run: docker-compose run checksec-photon
diff --git a/Dockerfile.photon b/Dockerfile.photon
deleted file mode 100644
index b81c44a..0000000
--- a/Dockerfile.photon
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-FROM photon:5.0
-
-# Install dependencies
-RUN tdnf upgrade -y && tdnf remove toybox -y && \
-    tdnf install -y build-essential git rpm-build coreutils util-linux \
-    make autoconf automake gcc ncurses-devel sed tar texinfo wget procps-ng grep \
-    findutils gzip file which libxml2 python3 python3-pip jq clang nasm binutils && \
-    pip3 install --upgrade pip && pip3 install setuptools && \
-    pip3 install demjson3 && mkdir -p /zig && \
-    wget https://ziglang.org/builds/zig-linux-$(uname -m)-0.12.0-dev.3667+77abd3a96.tar.xz && \
-    tar xf zig-linux-$(uname -m)-0.12.0-dev.3667+77abd3a96.tar.xz -C /zig --strip-components=1 && \
-    rm -rf zig-linux-$(uname -m)-0.12.0-dev.3667+77abd3a96.tar.xz
-
-COPY .  /root
-WORKDIR /root
diff --git a/Dockerfile.ubuntu b/Dockerfile.ubuntu
index ac5c049..c73f142 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.ubuntu
+++ b/Dockerfile.ubuntu
@@ -1,16 +1,9 @@
 FROM ubuntu:22.04
 
-# Install dependencies
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y -q upgrade && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -y -q install \
-  bc bison flex build-essential git file \
-  libncurses-dev libssl-dev u-boot-tools wget \
-  xz-utils vim libxml2-utils python3 python3-pip jq \
-  gcc clang gcc-multilib nasm binutils && apt-get clean \
-  pip3 install --upgrade pip && pip3 install setuptools && \
-  pip3 install demjson3 && mkdir -p /zig && \
-  wget https://ziglang.org/builds/zig-linux-$(uname -m)-0.12.0-dev.3667+77abd3a96.tar.xz && \
-  tar xf zig-linux-$(uname -m)-0.12.0-dev.3667+77abd3a96.tar.xz -C /zig --strip-components=1 && \
-  rm -rf zig-linux-$(uname -m)-0.12.0-dev.3667+77abd3a96.tar.xz
+# install the build script and run it.
+# this is to give more flexiblity to the build process
+COPY tests/docker-build.sh /tmp
+RUN /tmp/docker-build.sh
 
 COPY .  /root
 WORKDIR /root
diff --git a/checksec b/checksec
index b6f5dc3..d6e5bec 100755
--- a/checksec
+++ b/checksec
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ format="cli"
 SCRIPT_NAME="checksec"
 SCRIPT_URL="https://github.com/slimm609/checksec.sh/raw/master/${SCRIPT_NAME}"
 SIG_URL="https://github.com/slimm609/checksec.sh/raw/master/$(basename ${SCRIPT_NAME} .sh).sig"
+# Currently unused, adding for reference
+# https://github.com/gcc-mirror/gcc/blob/master/gcc/builtins.def#L1112
+# FORTIFY_FUNCTIONS=(memcpy_chk memmove_chk mempcpy_chk memset_chk stpcpy_chk stpncpy_chk strcat_chk strcpy_chk strncat_chk strncpy_chk snprintf_chk sprintf_chk vsnprintf_chk vsprintf_chk fprintf_chk printf_chk vfprintf_chk vprintf_chk)
 
 pkg_release=false
 commandsmissing=false
@@ -817,7 +820,7 @@ filecheck() {
   # check for stripped symbols in the binary
   IFS=" " read -r -a SYM_cnt <<< "$(${readelf} --symbols "${1}" 2> /dev/null | grep '\.symtab' | cut -d' ' -f5 | cut -d: -f1)"
   if ${readelf} --symbols "${1}" 2> /dev/null | grep -q '\.symtab'; then
-    echo_message "\033[31m${SYM_cnt[0]} Symbols\t\033[m  " 'Symbols,' ' symbols="yes"' '"symbols":"yes",'
+    echo_message "\033[31m${SYM_cnt[0]} Symbols\t\033[m" 'Symbols,' ' symbols="yes"' '"symbols":"yes",'
   else
     echo_message '\033[32mNo Symbols\t\033[m' 'No Symbols,' ' symbols="no"' '"symbols":"no",'
   fi
@@ -834,18 +837,12 @@ filecheck() {
   FS_cnt_unchecked=$(grep -cFxf <(sort -u <<< "${FS_func_libc}") <(sort -u <<< "${FS_func}"))
   FS_cnt_total=$((FS_cnt_unchecked + FS_cnt_checked))
 
-  if [[ "${libc_found}" == "false" ]] || [[ "${FS_cnt_total}" == "0" ]]; then
+  if [[ "${libc_found}" == "false" ]] || [[ "${FS_cnt_total}" -eq "0" ]]; then
     echo_message "\033[32mN/A\033[m" "N/A," ' fortify_source="n/a" ' '"fortify_source":"n/a",'
+  elif [[ "${FS_cnt_checked}" -eq "0" ]]; then
+    echo_message "\033[31mNo\033[m" "No," ' fortify_source="no" ' '"fortify_source":"no",'
   else
-    if [[ $FS_cnt_checked -eq $FS_cnt_total ]]; then
-      echo_message '\033[32mYes\033[m' 'Yes,' ' fortify_source="yes" ' '"fortify_source":"yes",'
-    else
-      if [[ "${FS_cnt_checked}" == "0" ]]; then
-        echo_message "\033[31mNo\033[m" "No," ' fortify_source="no" ' '"fortify_source":"no",'
-      else
-        echo_message "\033[33mPartial\033[m" "Partial," ' fortify_source="partial" ' '"fortify_source":"partial",'
-      fi
-    fi
+    echo_message '\033[32mYes\033[m' 'Yes,' ' fortify_source="yes" ' '"fortify_source":"yes",'
   fi
   echo_message "\t${FS_cnt_checked}\t" "${FS_cnt_checked}", "fortified=\"${FS_cnt_checked}\" " "\"fortified\":\"${FS_cnt_checked}\","
   echo_message "\t${FS_cnt_total}\t\t" "${FS_cnt_total}" "fortify-able=\"${FS_cnt_total}\"" "\"fortify-able\":\"${FS_cnt_total}\""
@@ -1621,18 +1618,12 @@ proccheck() {
   Proc_FS_cnt_unchecked=$(grep -cFxf <(sort -u <<< "${Proc_FS_func_libc}") <(sort -u <<< "${Proc_FS_func}"))
   Proc_FS_cnt_total=$((Proc_FS_cnt_unchecked + Proc_FS_cnt_checked))
 
-  if [[ "${libc_found}" == "false" ]] || [[ "${Proc_FS_cnt_total}" == "0" ]]; then
+  if [[ "${libc_found}" == "false" ]] || [[ "${Proc_FS_cnt_total}" -eq "0" ]]; then
     echo_message "\033[32mN/A\033[m" "N/A," ' fortify_source="n/a">' '"fortify_source":"n/a" }'
+  elif [[ "${Proc_FS_cnt_checked}" -eq "0" ]]; then
+    echo_message "\033[31mNo\033[m" "No," ' fortify_source="no">' '"fortify_source":"no" }'
   else
-    if [[ $Proc_FS_cnt_checked -eq $Proc_FS_cnt_total ]]; then
-      echo_message '\033[32mYes\033[m' 'Yes,' ' fortify_source="yes">' '"fortify_source":"yes" }'
-    else
-      if [[ "${Proc_FS_cnt_checked}" == "0" ]]; then
-        echo_message "\033[31mNo\033[m" "No," ' fortify_source="no">' '"fortify_source":"no" }'
-      else
-        echo_message "\033[33mPartial\033[m" "Partial," ' fortify_source="partial">' '"fortify_source":"partial" }'
-      fi
-    fi
+    echo_message '\033[32mYes\033[m' 'Yes,' ' fortify_source="yes">' '"fortify_source":"yes" }'
   fi
 }
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 5e0ce87..d4a8ebb 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: '2'
-
 services:
   checksec-ubuntu:
     build:
@@ -8,13 +6,6 @@ services:
     image: checksec-ubuntu
     command: bash -c "./tests/test-checksec.sh"
 
-  checksec-photon:
-    build:
-      context: ./
-      dockerfile: Dockerfile.photon
-    image: checksec-photon
-    command: bash -c "./tests/test-checksec.sh"
-
   shellcheck:
     volumes:
       - .:/mnt
diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index 18b71c8..80ad4dd 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -71,6 +71,15 @@ SUMMARY:
 * Number of unchecked functions in the executable    : 6
 ```
 
+Note on Fortify results. There is not currently a known way to determine if the binary was compiled with FORTIFY_SOURCE level 1, 2, or 3 in a reliable manner.
+
+Some binaries include some details about how it was compiled. For example, VIM on ubuntu is compiled with `-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1`. This can be identified with strings on the binary. Most binaries do not include this data, but some do.
+
+```
+$ strings vim | grep FORTIFY
+gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -Wdate-time -g -O2 -ffile-prefix-map=/build/vim-CSyBG7/vim-8.2.3995=. -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -D_REENTRANT -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1
+```
+
 #### **Kernel test in Cli**
 ```bash
 $ checksec --kernel
diff --git a/src/core.sh b/src/core.sh
index 050f20f..3e66f20 100644
--- a/src/core.sh
+++ b/src/core.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ format="cli"
 SCRIPT_NAME="checksec"
 SCRIPT_URL="https://github.com/slimm609/checksec.sh/raw/master/${SCRIPT_NAME}"
 SIG_URL="https://github.com/slimm609/checksec.sh/raw/master/$(basename ${SCRIPT_NAME} .sh).sig"
+# Currently unused, adding for reference
+# https://github.com/gcc-mirror/gcc/blob/master/gcc/builtins.def#L1112
+# FORTIFY_FUNCTIONS=(memcpy_chk memmove_chk mempcpy_chk memset_chk stpcpy_chk stpncpy_chk strcat_chk strcpy_chk strncat_chk strncpy_chk snprintf_chk sprintf_chk vsnprintf_chk vsprintf_chk fprintf_chk printf_chk vfprintf_chk vprintf_chk)
 
 pkg_release=false
 commandsmissing=false
diff --git a/src/functions/filecheck.sh b/src/functions/filecheck.sh
index 465e771..6d1510a 100644
--- a/src/functions/filecheck.sh
+++ b/src/functions/filecheck.sh
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ filecheck() {
   # check for stripped symbols in the binary
   IFS=" " read -r -a SYM_cnt <<< "$(${readelf} --symbols "${1}" 2> /dev/null | grep '\.symtab' | cut -d' ' -f5 | cut -d: -f1)"
   if ${readelf} --symbols "${1}" 2> /dev/null | grep -q '\.symtab'; then
-    echo_message "\033[31m${SYM_cnt[0]} Symbols\t\033[m  " 'Symbols,' ' symbols="yes"' '"symbols":"yes",'
+    echo_message "\033[31m${SYM_cnt[0]} Symbols\t\033[m" 'Symbols,' ' symbols="yes"' '"symbols":"yes",'
   else
     echo_message '\033[32mNo Symbols\t\033[m' 'No Symbols,' ' symbols="no"' '"symbols":"no",'
   fi
@@ -141,18 +141,12 @@ filecheck() {
   FS_cnt_unchecked=$(grep -cFxf <(sort -u <<< "${FS_func_libc}") <(sort -u <<< "${FS_func}"))
   FS_cnt_total=$((FS_cnt_unchecked + FS_cnt_checked))
 
-  if [[ "${libc_found}" == "false" ]] || [[ "${FS_cnt_total}" == "0" ]]; then
+  if [[ "${libc_found}" == "false" ]] || [[ "${FS_cnt_total}" -eq "0" ]]; then
     echo_message "\033[32mN/A\033[m" "N/A," ' fortify_source="n/a" ' '"fortify_source":"n/a",'
+  elif [[ "${FS_cnt_checked}" -eq "0" ]]; then
+    echo_message "\033[31mNo\033[m" "No," ' fortify_source="no" ' '"fortify_source":"no",'
   else
-    if [[ $FS_cnt_checked -eq $FS_cnt_total ]]; then
-      echo_message '\033[32mYes\033[m' 'Yes,' ' fortify_source="yes" ' '"fortify_source":"yes",'
-    else
-      if [[ "${FS_cnt_checked}" == "0" ]]; then
-        echo_message "\033[31mNo\033[m" "No," ' fortify_source="no" ' '"fortify_source":"no",'
-      else
-        echo_message "\033[33mPartial\033[m" "Partial," ' fortify_source="partial" ' '"fortify_source":"partial",'
-      fi
-    fi
+    echo_message '\033[32mYes\033[m' 'Yes,' ' fortify_source="yes" ' '"fortify_source":"yes",'
   fi
   echo_message "\t${FS_cnt_checked}\t" "${FS_cnt_checked}", "fortified=\"${FS_cnt_checked}\" " "\"fortified\":\"${FS_cnt_checked}\","
   echo_message "\t${FS_cnt_total}\t\t" "${FS_cnt_total}" "fortify-able=\"${FS_cnt_total}\"" "\"fortify-able\":\"${FS_cnt_total}\""
diff --git a/src/functions/proccheck.sh b/src/functions/proccheck.sh
index b2baa02..22dd7c9 100644
--- a/src/functions/proccheck.sh
+++ b/src/functions/proccheck.sh
@@ -130,17 +130,11 @@ proccheck() {
   Proc_FS_cnt_unchecked=$(grep -cFxf <(sort -u <<< "${Proc_FS_func_libc}") <(sort -u <<< "${Proc_FS_func}"))
   Proc_FS_cnt_total=$((Proc_FS_cnt_unchecked + Proc_FS_cnt_checked))
 
-  if [[ "${libc_found}" == "false" ]] || [[ "${Proc_FS_cnt_total}" == "0" ]]; then
+  if [[ "${libc_found}" == "false" ]] || [[ "${Proc_FS_cnt_total}" -eq "0" ]]; then
     echo_message "\033[32mN/A\033[m" "N/A," ' fortify_source="n/a">' '"fortify_source":"n/a" }'
+  elif [[ "${Proc_FS_cnt_checked}" -eq "0" ]]; then
+    echo_message "\033[31mNo\033[m" "No," ' fortify_source="no">' '"fortify_source":"no" }'
   else
-    if [[ $Proc_FS_cnt_checked -eq $Proc_FS_cnt_total ]]; then
-      echo_message '\033[32mYes\033[m' 'Yes,' ' fortify_source="yes">' '"fortify_source":"yes" }'
-    else
-      if [[ "${Proc_FS_cnt_checked}" == "0" ]]; then
-        echo_message "\033[31mNo\033[m" "No," ' fortify_source="no">' '"fortify_source":"no" }'
-      else
-        echo_message "\033[33mPartial\033[m" "Partial," ' fortify_source="partial">' '"fortify_source":"partial" }'
-      fi
-    fi
+    echo_message '\033[32mYes\033[m' 'Yes,' ' fortify_source="yes">' '"fortify_source":"yes" }'
   fi
 }
diff --git a/tests/docker-build.sh b/tests/docker-build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..11cdfcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docker-build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# build the container with a shell script so that it is bash
+# Dockerfile syntax is sh not bash so installing gcc-multilib in an
+# if condition becomes more difficult.
+
+set -eou pipefail
+
+apt-get update
+apt-get -y -q upgrade
+
+DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -y -q install \
+  bc bison flex build-essential git file \
+  libncurses-dev libssl-dev u-boot-tools wget \
+  xz-utils vim libxml2-utils python3 python3-pip jq \
+  gcc clang nasm binutils
+
+if [[ "$(uname -m)" == "x86_64" ]]; then
+  apt-get -y -q install gcc-multilib
+fi
+
+apt-get clean
+
+pip3 install --upgrade pip
+pip3 install setuptools demjson3
diff --git a/tests/hardening-checks.sh b/tests/hardening-checks.sh
index 62c9e0e..164c00e 100755
--- a/tests/hardening-checks.sh
+++ b/tests/hardening-checks.sh
@@ -276,13 +276,6 @@ for bin in nolibc nolibc_cl nolibc32 nolibc_cl32 fszero fszero_cl fszero32 fszer
     exit 1
   fi
 done
-# Partial
-for bin in partial partial32 partial_cl partial_cl32; do
-  if [[ $("${PARENT}"/checksec --file="${DIR}/binaries/output/${bin}" --format=csv | cut -d, -f8) != "Partial" ]]; then
-    echo "No Fortify validation failed on \"${bin}\": $("${PARENT}"/checksec --file="${DIR}/binaries/${bin}" --format=csv | cut -d, -f8)"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-done
 echo "Fortify validation tests passed"
 
 #============================================
@@ -453,14 +446,6 @@ for bin in nolibc nolibc_cl nolibc32 nolibc_cl32 fszero fszero_cl fszero32 fszer
     exit 1
   fi
 done
-# Partial
-for bin in partial partial32 partial_cl partial_cl32; do
-  "${DIR}"/binaries/output/${bin} > /dev/null &
-  if [[ $("${PARENT}"/checksec --proc=${bin} --format=csv | cut -d, -f8) != "Partial" ]]; then
-    echo "No Fortify process validation failed on \"${bin}\": $("${PARENT}"/checksec --proc=${bin} --format=csv | cut -d, -f8)"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-done
 echo "Fortify process validation tests passed"
 echo "Done."
 echo "All hardening validation tests passed"
diff --git a/tests/test-checksec.sh b/tests/test-checksec.sh
index 1d89d4e..1559b0a 100755
--- a/tests/test-checksec.sh
+++ b/tests/test-checksec.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,4 @@ DIR=$(
 
 "${DIR}"/xml-checks.sh || exit 2
 "${DIR}"/json-checks.sh || exit 2
-
-if [ ! -f /etc/photon-release ]; then
-  "${DIR}"/hardening-checks.sh || exit 2
-fi
+"${DIR}"/hardening-checks.sh || exit 2