diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index b10d1bb931..465e4b6345 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ jobs:
   build-plugin:
       docker:
       - image: cimg/node:14.17.6-browsers
-
+      environment:
+        COMMIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL: "yann@ethereum.org"
+        COMMIT_AUTHOR: "Circle CI"
       resource_class:
         xlarge
       working_directory: ~/remix-project
diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/ci/publish_plugin.sh b/apps/remix-ide/ci/publish_plugin.sh
index bdd9e359df..c9662828f9 100755
--- a/apps/remix-ide/ci/publish_plugin.sh
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/ci/publish_plugin.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ git clone git@github.com:ethereum/remix-plugins-directory.git
 npx ts-node apps/remix-ide/ci/publish_plugin.ts $1 $HASH alpha
 
 cd remix-plugins-directory
+git checkout -b plugin-$1-$HASH
 git config user.name "$COMMIT_AUTHOR"
 git config user.email "$COMMIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"
 git status