diff --git a/doCheckout.go b/doCheckout.go
index bbe0ac0..37b1519 100644
--- a/doCheckout.go
+++ b/doCheckout.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func doCheckout() error {
 	}
 
 	if argv.Checkout.Master != nil {
-		setForgeMode(forgepb.ForgeMode_MASTER) // disable "normal" mode if set
+		setForgeMode(forgepb.ForgeMode_CLEAN) // disable "normal" mode if set
 
 		if err := me.forge.DoAllCheckoutMaster(); err != nil {
 			badExit(err)
diff --git a/doClean.go b/doClean.go
index 6dae318..9dfb48a 100644
--- a/doClean.go
+++ b/doClean.go
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ func justDeleteTheDevelBranchAlready(repo *gitpb.Repo) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	cmd := []string{"git", "merge something somehow"}
-	log.Info("DEVEL LOCAL NEEDS GIT MERGE TO MASTER", repo.GetGoPath(), cmd, b1)
+	log.Info("devel local, remote and master branches are wrong", repo.GetGoPath(), cmd, b1)
 	// _, err := repo.RunVerbose(cmd)
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index d4c1f63..222ef20 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	if argv.Checkout != nil {
-		setForgeMode(forgepb.ForgeMode_MASTER)
+		setForgeMode(forgepb.ForgeMode_DEVEL)
 		if err := doCheckout(); err != nil {
 			badExit(err)
 		}
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ func main() {
 				log.Info("you were aleady not in the normal state")
 				okExit("")
 			}
-			setForgeMode(forgepb.ForgeMode_MASTER)
+			setForgeMode(forgepb.ForgeMode_DEVEL)
 			log.Info("normal mode off")
 			okExit("")
 		}