diff --git a/automation_tools/automation_task_list.cfg b/automation_tools/automation_task_list.cfg
index a34f3878..dd907e09 100644
--- a/automation_tools/automation_task_list.cfg
+++ b/automation_tools/automation_task_list.cfg
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ hash^MSXBIOSHASHPLACEHOLDER^http://bluemsx.msxblue.com/rel_download/blueMSXv282f
 hash^XEMUHDDHASHPLACEHOLDER^https://github.com/mborgerson/xemu-hdd-image/releases/latest/download/xbox_hdd.qcow2.zip
 latestcommit^UNIVERSALDYNAMICINPUTCOMMITPLACEHOLDER^https://github.com/Venomalia/UniversalDynamicInput^main
 outside_info^VERSIONPLACEHOLDER^${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/buildid
-outside_info^THISBRANCH^$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+branch^THISBRANCH^$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
diff --git a/automation_tools/pre_build_automation.sh b/automation_tools/pre_build_automation.sh
index cdd1c59e..f4d56c62 100644
--- a/automation_tools/pre_build_automation.sh
+++ b/automation_tools/pre_build_automation.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,13 @@ echo
 while IFS="^" read -r action placeholder url branch
 do
   if [[ ! $action == "#"* ]] && [[ ! -z "$action" ]]; then
-    if [[ "$action" == "hash" ]]; then
+    if [[ "$action" == "branch" ]]; then
+      echo
+      echo "Placeholder text: $placeholder"
+      echo "Current branch:" "$current_branch"
+      echo
+      /bin/sed -i 's^'"$placeholder"'^'"$current_branch"'^g' $rd_manifest
+    elif [[ "$action" == "hash" ]]; then
       echo
       echo "Placeholder text: $placeholder"
       echo "URL to hash: $url"