diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 2ea6b34aac48125488bc07f867981d22018ffda6..2cc02c48451b1246103e51cf1dcedecb511a0878 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ env:
 
 before_install:
   - echo $TRAVIS_PHP_VERSION
+  - echo "Travis tag $TRAVIS_TAG"
+  - echo "Travis branch $TRAVIS_BRANCH"
   - composer install --no-interaction
   - phpenv config-rm xdebug.ini
   - nvm install 8
diff --git a/scripts/generateVersionFile.sh b/scripts/generateVersionFile.sh
index 8cf8805315bec711119aabf1619e801126165f24..e2a84701e8e05d2295e607e75177dcb41229b8e6 100755
--- a/scripts/generateVersionFile.sh
+++ b/scripts/generateVersionFile.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-release=$(echo "${TRAVIS_TAG//v}")
+release="$TRAVIS_BRANCH"
 
 year=$(date +"%Y")