diff --git a/netlify.toml b/netlify.toml
index 5b17e189..3269b86e 100644
--- a/netlify.toml
+++ b/netlify.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   LOOP = "false"
   HOST = "/"
 [context.branch-deploy]
-  command = "./scripts/branchdeploy.sh $DEPLOY_PRIME_URL"
+  command = "./scripts/branchdeploy.sh $DEPLOY_PRIME_URL $HEAD"
 [context.branch-deploy.environment]
   HUGO_VERSION = "0.79.0"
   LOOP = "false"
diff --git a/scripts/branchdeploy.sh b/scripts/branchdeploy.sh
index e4a84993..bfc89f0d 100755
--- a/scripts/branchdeploy.sh
+++ b/scripts/branchdeploy.sh
@@ -12,14 +12,15 @@ RESET='\033[0m'
 
 # script used to build a release branch
 # expect the branch to be named release/<version>
-# argument is the netlify base url
+# argument $1 is the netlify base url
+# argument $2 is the $HEAD netlify variable which is the branch name
 
-releaseVersion=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD | sed 's/.*\///')
+releaseVersion=$(echo $2 | sed 's/.*\///')
 
 echo "branchdeploy => '$releaseVersion'"
-
-echo "branchdeploy => '$releaseVersion'"
-
+VERSION_STRING="$releaseVersion"
+# In Unix environments, env variables should also be exported to be seen by Hugo
+export VERSIONS=${VERSION_STRING}
 
 run() {
   export DGRAPH_ENDPOINT=${DGRAPH_ENDPOINT:-"https://play.dgraph.io/query?latency=true"}
@@ -40,9 +41,10 @@ run() {
   fi
   popd > /dev/null
 
-    echo -e "$(date) $GREEN  Generating documentation static pages in the public folder. $RESET"
+    echo -e "$(date) $GREEN  Generating documentation static pages in the folder public/docs/$releaseVersion. $RESET"
 
     CURRENT_VERSION=${releaseVersion} \
+    VERSIONS=${VERSION_STRING} \
       hugo --destination="public/docs/$releaseVersion" --baseURL="$1/docs/$releaseVersion" 1> /dev/null
     cp "public/docs/$releaseVersion/sitemap.xml" public > /dev/null
     echo -e "$(date) $GREEN  Done building. $RESET"
diff --git a/scripts/local.sh b/scripts/local.sh
index 981f7e73..eb6e3b03 100755
--- a/scripts/local.sh
+++ b/scripts/local.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ set -e
 GREEN='\033[32;1m'
 RESET='\033[0m'
 
+branch=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+echo "branch => '$branch'"
 VERSIONS_ARRAY=(
   'preview'
 )
@@ -54,4 +56,3 @@ run() {
 }
 
 run "$1" "$2"
-