diff --git a/sh/update.sh b/sh/update.sh
index 84158f7..9b5b952 100755
--- a/sh/update.sh
+++ b/sh/update.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # Updates the existing local and origin branches corresponding to the remix
+# pass an argument if you want to pull a different branch name than the current branch you're on
+# no argument needed to update against the branch name of the current branch
 
-git checkout $1
-git pull $1 master
-git push origin $1
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+# branch to use is the first argument, but if the first argument was not passed, use the current git branch
+branchToUse="$1" && [[  -z "$1" ]]  && branchToUse="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"
+
+git checkout $branchToUse
+git pull $branchToUse master
+git push origin $branchToUse
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