diff --git a/scripts/release/prod/stage/setup/run.sh b/scripts/release/prod/stage/setup/run.sh
index 9485a2f839..901c460eb6 100755
--- a/scripts/release/prod/stage/setup/run.sh
+++ b/scripts/release/prod/stage/setup/run.sh
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ set -ex
 trap 'bash ./scripts/release/common/ec2/shutdown.sh' ERR
 
 # Path(s) are relative to the root of the Jenkins workspace.
+BRANCH=$(./scripts/release/util/check_remote.sh "$1")
 INSTANCE=$(cat scripts/release/common/ec2/tmp/instance)
 #BUCKET="$1"
-BRANCH="$1"
 
 BUILD_ENV=$(ssh -i ReleaseBuildInstanceKey.pem -o -A ubuntu@"$INSTANCE" cat build_env)
 CHANNEL=$(sed -n 's/.*CHANNEL=\(.*\)/\1/p' <<< "$BUILD_ENV")
diff --git a/scripts/release/test/stage/setup/run.sh b/scripts/release/test/stage/setup/run.sh
index 180c09fbf8..b4cd20c7b0 100755
--- a/scripts/release/test/stage/setup/run.sh
+++ b/scripts/release/test/stage/setup/run.sh
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ set -ex
 trap 'bash ./scripts/release/common/ec2/shutdown.sh' ERR
 
 # Path(s) are relative to the root of the Jenkins workspace.
+BRANCH=$(./scripts/release/util/check_remote.sh "$1")
 INSTANCE=$(cat scripts/release/common/ec2/tmp/instance)
-BRANCH="$1"
 
 aws s3 cp s3://algorand-devops-misc/tools/gnupg2.2.9_centos7_amd64.tar.bz2 .
 scp -i ReleaseBuildInstanceKey.pem -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -r gnupg2.2.9_centos7_amd64.tar.bz2 ubuntu@"$INSTANCE":