diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Configuration/ConfigFileProvider.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Configuration/ConfigFileProvider.cs
index 2eeaf6463..4b7543d5f 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Configuration/ConfigFileProvider.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Configuration/ConfigFileProvider.cs
@@ -161,7 +161,8 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Configuration
 
         public bool AnalyticsEnabled => GetValueBoolean("AnalyticsEnabled", true, persist: false);
 
-        public string Branch => GetValue("Branch", "master").ToLowerInvariant();
+        // TODO: Change back to "master" for the first stable release.
+        public string Branch => GetValue("Branch", "develop").ToLowerInvariant();
 
         public string LogLevel => GetValue("LogLevel", "Info");
 
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Update/UpdateCheckService.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Update/UpdateCheckService.cs
index 123666e9a..807250780 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Update/UpdateCheckService.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Update/UpdateCheckService.cs
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Update
 
         public UpdatePackage AvailableUpdate()
         {
-            //For new let's just use develop, afterwards we can change it back to the config: _configFileProvider.Branch
-            return _updatePackageProvider.GetLatestUpdate("develop", BuildInfo.Version);
+            return _updatePackageProvider.GetLatestUpdate(_configFileProvider.Branch, BuildInfo.Version);
         }
     }
 }
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