diff --git a/doGui.go b/doGui.go
index 6c2a2df..3c80e2b 100644
--- a/doGui.go
+++ b/doGui.go
@@ -245,6 +245,30 @@ func drawWindow(win *gadgets.BasicWindow) {
 	})
 }
 
+func findMergeToDevel() {
+	me.found = new(gitpb.Repos)
+
+	all := me.forge.Repos.SortByFullPath()
+	for all.Scan() {
+		repo := all.Next()
+
+		// this sees if user has patches for devel. If it does, add it to me.found
+		if repo.CountDiffObjects(repo.GetUserBranchName(), repo.GetDevelBranchName()) > 0 {
+			me.found.AppendByGoPath(repo)
+		}
+	}
+	now := time.Now()
+	if me.found.Len() == 0 {
+		log.Info("nothing to merge with devel")
+		return
+	}
+	me.forge.PrintHumanTable(me.found)
+
+	// check for merges from devel
+	total, count, nope, _ := IsEverythingOnDevel()
+	log.Printf("devel branch check. %d total repos. (%d ok) (%d not on devel branch) (%s)\n", total, count, nope, shell.FormatDuration(time.Since(now)))
+
+}
 func findMergeToMaster() {
 	me.found = new(gitpb.Repos)
 
@@ -273,7 +297,7 @@ func findMergeToMaster() {
 		}
 
 		// this sees if devel has patches for master. If it does, add it to me.found
-		if repo.CountDiffObjects(repo.GetMasterBranchName(), repo.GetDevelBranchName()) > 0 {
+		if repo.CountDiffObjects(repo.GetDevelBranchName(), repo.GetMasterBranchName()) > 0 {
 			me.found.AppendByGoPath(repo)
 		}
 	}
@@ -331,18 +355,7 @@ func mergeDevelToMaster(doit bool) {
 }
 
 func mergeUserToDevel(doit bool) {
-	me.found = new(gitpb.Repos)
-	findReposWithPatches()
-	if me.found.Len() == 0 {
-		log.Info("you currently have no patches in your user branches")
-		return
-	}
-	me.forge.PrintHumanTable(me.found)
-
-	now := time.Now()
-	// check for devel branches
-	total, count, nope, _ := IsEverythingOnDevel()
-	log.Printf("Devel branch check. %d total repos. (%d ok) (%d not on devel branch) (%s)\n", total, count, nope, shell.FormatDuration(time.Since(now)))
+	findMergeToDevel()
 
 	if !doit {
 		return