diff --git a/openwrtbuilder b/openwrtbuilder
index 0367499..67cadec 100755
--- a/openwrtbuilder
+++ b/openwrtbuilder
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ fromSource() {
     if [[ ${P_ARR['release']} == "snapshot" ]]; then
         git checkout master
     else
-        git checkout "${P_ARR[release]}"
+        git checkout "v${P_ARR[release]}"
     fi
 
     ./scripts/feeds update -a