diff --git a/build b/build
index d7426feb..76057530 100755
--- a/build
+++ b/build
@@ -122,11 +122,6 @@ case "$1" in
         rm -rf ${WEBMAN}
         mkdir -p ${WEBMAN}/man1 ${WEBMAN}/man7
 
-        # old stuff
-        # rm -rf ${WEBDIR}/${WEBBASE}/speeches && mkdir ${WEBDIR}/${WEBBASE}/speeches
-        # cp ${SPEECHESDIR}/*.pdf ${WEBDIR}/${WEBBASE}/speeches
-        # git describe > ${WEBDIR}/${WEBBASE}/man/VERSION
-
         cp ${MAN1DSTDIR}/*.html ${MAN1DSTDIR}/*.css ${WEBMAN}/man1 
         cp ${MAN7DSTDIR}/*.html ${MAN7DSTDIR}/*.css ${WEBMAN}/man7
         
diff --git a/docs/dev/releasehelper b/docs/dev/releasehelper
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 197ab2d3..4a570f89
--- a/docs/dev/releasehelper
+++ b/docs/dev/releasehelper
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ read wait
 version=$changelog_version
 
 # get target branch
-branch=${version%\.*}
+target_branch=${version%\.*}
+current_branch=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
 
-echo "Selecting branch $branch for merging"
-exit 0
+echo "Selected branch $target_branch for merging $current_branch"
 
 # add tag
 printf "Enter tag description for %s> " "$version"
@@ -41,14 +41,14 @@ read tagmessage
 git tag "$version" -m "$tagmessage"
 
 # Import into current version branch
-printf "Press enter to git merge into branch \"$branch\" > "
+printf "Press enter to git merge into branch \"$target_branch\" > "
 read prompt
-git checkout $branch
-git merge master
-git checkout master
+git checkout "$target_branch"
+git merge "$current_branch"
+git checkout "$current_branch"
 
 # Publish manpages and sourcecode
-printf "Press enter to publish doc/ and code/ > "
+printf "Press enter to publish doc/ code/ pypi for $version > "
 read prompt
 ./build web
 ./build pub