diff --git a/.github/helper/install.sh b/.github/helper/install.sh
index 0c71b41a7cd..48337cee640 100644
--- a/.github/helper/install.sh
+++ b/.github/helper/install.sh
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ sudo apt update && sudo apt install redis-server libcups2-dev
 
 pip install frappe-bench
 
+githubbranch=${GITHUB_BASE_REF:-${GITHUB_REF##*/}}
 frappeuser=${FRAPPE_USER:-"frappe"}
-frappebranch=${FRAPPE_BRANCH:-${GITHUB_BASE_REF:-${GITHUB_REF##*/}}}
+frappebranch=${FRAPPE_BRANCH:-$githubbranch}
 
 git clone "https://github.com/${frappeuser}/frappe" --branch "${frappebranch}" --depth 1
 bench init --skip-assets --frappe-path ~/frappe --python "$(which python)" frappe-bench
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ sed -i 's/schedule:/# schedule:/g' Procfile
 sed -i 's/socketio:/# socketio:/g' Procfile
 sed -i 's/redis_socketio:/# redis_socketio:/g' Procfile
 
-bench get-app payments
+bench get-app payments --branch ${githubbranch%"-hotfix"}
 bench get-app erpnext "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}"
 
 if [ "$TYPE" == "server" ]; then bench setup requirements --dev; fi