diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ac9fd65dc..e745bc98c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ option(SMARTTRAK_IMPORT "enable building SmartTrak divelogs import tool (require
 
 SET(SUBSURFACE_TARGET_EXECUTABLE "DesktopExecutable" CACHE STRING "The type of application, DesktopExecutable or MobileExecutable")
 LIST(APPEND SUBSURFACE_ACCEPTED_EXECUTABLES  "DesktopExecutable" "MobileExecutable")
-SET_PROPERTY(CACHE SUBSURFACE_TARGET_PLATFORM PROPERTY STRINGS ${SUBSURFACE_ACCEPTED_EXECUTABLES})
+SET_PROPERTY(CACHE SUBSURFACE_TARGET_EXECUTABLE PROPERTY STRINGS ${SUBSURFACE_ACCEPTED_EXECUTABLES})
 
 #verify if Platform is correct and warn on wxit with example.
 list (FIND SUBSURFACE_ACCEPTED_EXECUTABLES ${SUBSURFACE_TARGET_EXECUTABLE}  _index)