diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6c2421eb0cfce520abe500f7ad064e92dde720cc..b30fc154cd5475eb6924be114af6bfb75f3a7f9d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ before_script:
     cd ~/workspace
     git clone https://github.com/frankaemika/libfranka.git
     cd libfranka
-    git checkout ${TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST_BRANCH:-TRAVIS_BRANCH} || git checkout master
+    git checkout ${TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST_BRANCH:-${TRAVIS_BRANCH}} || git checkout develop
     git submodule update --init --recursive
   - |
     cd ~/workspace