diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Configuration/ConfigFileProvider.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Configuration/ConfigFileProvider.cs
index 51c9f26ba..28ae85048 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Configuration/ConfigFileProvider.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Configuration/ConfigFileProvider.cs
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Configuration
         public bool AnalyticsEnabled => GetValueBoolean("AnalyticsEnabled", true, persist: false);
 
         // TODO: Change back to "master" for the first stable release.
-        public string Branch => GetValue("Branch", "nightly").ToLowerInvariant();
+        public string Branch => GetValue("Branch", "develop").ToLowerInvariant();
 
         public string LogLevel => GetValue("LogLevel", "info").ToLowerInvariant();
         public string ConsoleLogLevel => GetValue("ConsoleLogLevel", string.Empty, persist: false);
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Configuration/DeploymentInfoProvider.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Configuration/DeploymentInfoProvider.cs
index 3fbeb126c..db2229a3d 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Configuration/DeploymentInfoProvider.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Configuration/DeploymentInfoProvider.cs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Configuration
             var releaseInfoPath = Path.Combine(bin, "release_info");
 
             PackageUpdateMechanism = UpdateMechanism.BuiltIn;
-            DefaultBranch = "nightly";
+            DefaultBranch = "develop";
 
             if (Path.GetFileName(bin) == "bin" && diskProvider.FileExists(packageInfoPath))
             {