diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
index e85ed39..4c35317 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ on:
 env:
   DHUB_UNAME: ${{ secrets.DHUB_UNAME }}
   DHUB_PWORD: ${{ secrets.DHUB_PWORD }}
+  branch: ${{ github.action_ref }}
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: Pull latest from Git
       run: |
-           echo "${{ gitea.action_ref }}"
+           echo "${{ branch }}"
            pwd
            whoami
            mkdir -p /var/lib/act_runner/
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
              cd tenorjs-v2
              git pull
            fi
-           git checkout "${{ gitea.action_ref }}"
+           git checkout "${{ branch }}"
     - name: Run tests
       run: |
            cd /var/lib/act_runner/tenorjs-v2