diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 37ee2d1c2eb21300778afe4768792a840ce58385..b8c2b0b427db72d59e2be9e4de749274392b0843 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ centos_build:
     paths:
       - ./build/src/mem
   script:
-    - ./build.sh $CI_PROJECT_DIR $CI_SERVER_NAME
+    - ./build.sh $CI_PROJECT_DIR $CI_SERVER_NAME $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
 
 centos_run:
   stage: test
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ mac_build:
     paths:
       - ./build/src/mem
   script:
-    - ./build.sh $CI_PROJECT_DIR $CI_SERVER_NAME
+    - ./build.sh $CI_PROJECT_DIR $CI_SERVER_NAME $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
 
 mac_run:
   stage: test
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ ubuntu_build:
     paths:
       - ./build/src/mem
   script:
-    - ./build.sh $CI_PROJECT_DIR $CI_SERVER_NAME
+    - ./build.sh $CI_PROJECT_DIR $CI_SERVER_NAME $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
 
 ubuntu_run:
   stage: test
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 44155beb00e60353d89d18adf204a06efcfe331d..d5c0beb0335735643ffac08efa3416c296de02de 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 #! /bin/bash
 
 hostname=$(hostname)
+branch=$3
 
 echo "Machine: $hostname"
+echo "Branch: $branch"
 
 if [ x"$hostname" == x"cifarm-centos-node.mpi-cbg.de"  ]; then
         echo "CentOS node"