diff --git a/roles/taskotron/buildmaster-configure/templates/taskotron.master.cfg.j2 b/roles/taskotron/buildmaster-configure/templates/taskotron.master.cfg.j2
index 5134bc97c2..8ea9526b17 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/buildmaster-configure/templates/taskotron.master.cfg.j2
+++ b/roles/taskotron/buildmaster-configure/templates/taskotron.master.cfg.j2
@@ -256,14 +256,14 @@ distgit_factory.addStep(ShellCommand(command=Interpolate("rm -rf /var/tmp/taskot
 {% if deployment_type in ['dev', 'prod'] %}
 # check out the source from prod dist-git
 distgit_factory.addStep(Git(repourl=Property('repo', default=Interpolate('http://pkgs02.phx2.fedoraproject.org/rpms/{}/'.format("%(prop:item)s".split('-')[0]))),
-                    branch=Property('branch', default='master'),
+                    branch=Property('git_branch', default='master'),
                     mode='full',
                     method='clobber',
                     shallow=True))
 {% else %}
 # check out the source from stg dist-git
 distgit_factory.addStep(Git(repourl=Property('repo', default=Interpolate('http://pkgs01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org/rpms/{}/'.format("%(prop:item)s".split('-')[0]))),
-                    branch=Property('Branch', default='master'),
+                    branch=Property('git_branch', default='master'),
                     mode='full',
                     method='clobber',
                     shallow=True))