diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 788d92f..a03af1d 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 pipeline:
         build:
                 image: registry.i.wit.com/toby/packager:1.3
+                environment:
+                        - RELEASE=$${BRANCH/prod/}
                 commands:
                         - apt-get --allow-releaseinfo-change update
                         - apt-get install -y sed strongswan frr isc-dhcp-client systemd
@@ -10,7 +12,6 @@ pipeline:
                         - ls -lha ../wit-network-config_*_all.deb
                         - echo "$SSH_KEY" >/tmp/id_rsa
                         - chmod 600 /tmp/id_rsa
-                        - [ $DRONE_BRANCH -eq "prod" ] && export RELEASE=""
-                        - scp -i /tmp/id_rsa -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -P 22022 ../wit-network-config_*_all.deb root@cloud-api.v2.stack.wit.com:/data/incoming/${RELEASE:=staging}
+                        - scp -i /tmp/id_rsa -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -P 22022 ../wit-network-config_*_all.deb root@cloud-api.v2.stack.wit.com:/data/incoming/${RELEASE}
                 secrets: [ ssh_key ]
 branches: [ staging, prod ]