diff --git a/.travis/after_deploy.sh b/.travis/after_deploy.sh
index f0f3cc2..b7a9236 100755
--- a/.travis/after_deploy.sh
+++ b/.travis/after_deploy.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ ME=`basename "$0"`
 
 cd $DIR
 
+git checkout master
+
 VERSION=$(npm --no-git-tag-version version patch)
 
 git add --all
diff --git a/.travis/before_deploy.sh b/.travis/before_deploy.sh
index c3b62b0..87cf541 100755
--- a/.travis/before_deploy.sh
+++ b/.travis/before_deploy.sh
@@ -5,15 +5,17 @@ ME=`basename "$0"`
 
 cd $DIR
 
+git remote add repo https://${GH_TOKEN}@github.com/awjh/node-red-contrib-alexa-endpoint
+git fetch repo
+
+git checkout master
+
 VERSION=$(echo $TRAVIS_TAG | grep -Eo '([0-9]+\.){2}[0-9]+')
 
 jq -r ".version=\"$VERSION\"" "$DIR/package.json" | cat > tmp.json
 
 mv tmp.json $DIR/package.json
 
-git remote add repo https://${GH_TOKEN}@github.com/awjh/node-red-contrib-alexa-endpoint
-git fetch repo
-
 if [[ -n $(git status -s) ]]; then
     git add --all
     git commit -s -m "Release required version bump $VERSION [skip travis]"