diff --git a/release-notes.md b/release-notes.md
index 9fe180306..52aca0930 100644
--- a/release-notes.md
+++ b/release-notes.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Data Prep Kit Release notes
 
-## Release 0.2.0 - 6/28/2024
+## Release 0.2.0 - 6/27/2024
 
 ### General 
 1. Many bug fixes across the repo, plus the following specifics.
diff --git a/scripts/release-branch.sh b/scripts/release-branch.sh
index e5554082c..fa48bab36 100644
--- a/scripts/release-branch.sh
+++ b/scripts/release-branch.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-debug=echo
+debug=$1
 dbg_suffix=.dev7
 # Assume this file is in the reporoot/scripts directory
 reporoot=$(dirname $0)/..