diff --git a/src/tools/make/buildall.pl b/src/tools/make/buildall.pl
index 19d8fc80..3363bbc4 100755
--- a/src/tools/make/buildall.pl
+++ b/src/tools/make/buildall.pl
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ use Cwd;
 
 my $branch = "master";
 
+if (defined($ARGV[0]) && ($ARGV[0] ne "")) {$branch = $ARGV[0]}
+
 my %machines = (
   "pi"      => ['pi@pie',          "sudo", "projects/oberon/vishap/voc", "make full"],
   "darwin"  => ['dave@dcb',        "sudo", "projects/oberon/vishap/voc", "make full"],
diff --git a/src/tools/make/postpush.pl b/src/tools/make/postpush.pl
index 2b3a2ad6..85cde3b7 100755
--- a/src/tools/make/postpush.pl
+++ b/src/tools/make/postpush.pl
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ for my $file (@{$modified}) {
 if ($buildneeded) {
   writelog "Post push github web hook for repository $repo, branch $branch, name $name. Build required.";
 
-
   my $child = fork;
   if (not defined $child) {die "Fork failed.";}
   if ($child) {
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ if ($buildneeded) {
     close(STDIN); close(STDOUT); close(STDERR);  # child process
     system 'echo Syncing voc>postpush.log';
     system '(cd voc && git pull) >>postpush.log';
-    exec 'perl voc/src/tools/make/buildall.pl >/tmp/buildall.log';
+    exec 'perl voc/src/tools/make/buildall.pl $branch >/tmp/buildall.log';
     exit;
   }
 } else {