diff --git a/extras/get-plex-token b/extras/get-plex-token
index 45ad11d..ea2140f 100755
--- a/extras/get-plex-token
+++ b/extras/get-plex-token
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ getPlexToken() {
 	elif [ -n "$TOKEN" ]; then
 		echo "Fetching token from Plex server"
 	fi
-	
+
 	[ -n "$TOKEN" ] # simulate exit status
 }
 
diff --git a/extras/installer.sh b/extras/installer.sh
index e848fa7..a995c0b 100755
--- a/extras/installer.sh
+++ b/extras/installer.sh
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ install_plexupdate() {
 		cd - &> /dev/null
 	else
 		echo -n "Installing plexupdate into '$FULL_PATH'... "
-		git clone "$ORIGIN_REPO" "$FULL_PATH" &> /dev/null || abort "install failed, cannot continue"
+		git clone --branch "${BRANCHNAME:-master}" "$ORIGIN_REPO" "$FULL_PATH" &> /dev/null || abort "install failed, cannot continue"
 		echo "done"
 	fi
 }