diff --git a/bin/ncp-update b/bin/ncp-update
index b6f7a333f..25753417f 100755
--- a/bin/ncp-update
+++ b/bin/ncp-update
@@ -29,14 +29,16 @@ fi
   }
 
   # shellcheck disable=SC2164
-  [[ -f /.ncp-image ]] || cd "$TMPDIR"         # update locally during build
+  [[ -f /.ncp-image ]] || {
+    cd "$TMPDIR"         # update locally during build
 
-  [[ -z "$2" ]] || {
-    git fetch origin "$2" || {
-      echo "Error: Could not fetch $2"
-      exit 1
+    [[ -z "$2" ]] || {
+      git fetch origin "$2" || {
+        echo "Error: Could not fetch $2"
+        exit 1
+      }
+      git checkout FETCH_HEAD
     }
-    git checkout FETCH_HEAD
   }
 
   echo -e "Performing updates"
@@ -61,4 +63,5 @@ fi
 
   echo -e "NextCloudPi updated to version $VER"
   exit 0
+
 } # force to read the whole thing into memory, as its contents might change in update.sh
diff --git a/build/docker/Dockerfile b/build/docker/Dockerfile
index 7c1da624e..a0e1b3766 100644
--- a/build/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/build/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -170,9 +170,7 @@ apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y wget ca-certificates; \
 # install nextcloudpiset_app_param nc-datadir.sh DATADIR '/data-ro/ncdata' \
 source /usr/local/etc/library.sh; \
 cd /tmp/ncp-build/; \
-branch=master; \
-[[ "$ncp_ver" == "v0.0.0" ]] || branch="$ncp_ver"; \
-BRANCH="$branch" install_app ncp.sh; \
+install_app ncp.sh; \
 
 mv /usr/local/etc/ncp-config.d/nc-init-copy.cfg /usr/local/etc/ncp-config.d/nc-init.cfg; \
 run_app_unsafe bin/ncp/CONFIG/nc-init.sh; \