diff --git a/app/mac/set-channel-prefs-channel b/app/mac/set-channel-prefs-channel
index 2431837584..ab85d7e5c0 100755
--- a/app/mac/set-channel-prefs-channel
+++ b/app/mac/set-channel-prefs-channel
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ binary=$1
 from_channel=$2
 to_channel=$3
 # `strings` has a 4-character minimum by default, but we need 3 for 'dev'
-strings_cmd="strings -n 3"
+strings_cmd="strings -n 3 -arch all"

 if [ ${#to_channel} -gt 7 ]; then
        echo "Channel length cannot exceed 7 characters -- aborting" >&2