diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/ci/deploy_from_travis_remix-alpha.sh b/apps/remix-ide/ci/deploy_from_travis_remix-alpha.sh
index 93aacf0b03..c57de7fea5 100755
--- a/apps/remix-ide/ci/deploy_from_travis_remix-alpha.sh
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/ci/deploy_from_travis_remix-alpha.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ SHA=`git rev-parse --short --verify HEAD`
 cd dist/apps/remix-ide
 
 git init
+git checkout -b gh-pages
 git config user.name "$COMMIT_AUTHOR"
 git config user.email "$COMMIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"
 
diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/ci/deploy_from_travis_remix-beta.sh b/apps/remix-ide/ci/deploy_from_travis_remix-beta.sh
index 2db4dfafc7..134d9c2090 100755
--- a/apps/remix-ide/ci/deploy_from_travis_remix-beta.sh
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/ci/deploy_from_travis_remix-beta.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ SHA=`git rev-parse --short --verify HEAD`
 cd dist/apps/remix-ide
 
 git init
+git checkout -b gh-pages
 git config user.name "$COMMIT_AUTHOR"
 git config user.email "$COMMIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"
 
diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/ci/deploy_from_travis_remix-live.sh b/apps/remix-ide/ci/deploy_from_travis_remix-live.sh
index 16f2e425c9..1376cda6f0 100755
--- a/apps/remix-ide/ci/deploy_from_travis_remix-live.sh
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/ci/deploy_from_travis_remix-live.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ SHA=`git rev-parse --short --verify HEAD`
 cd dist/apps/remix-ide
 
 git init
+git checkout -b gh-pages
 git config user.name "$COMMIT_AUTHOR"
 git config user.email "$COMMIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"