diff --git a/.bash_extra b/.bash_extra
index cd4a6f4..e006b3e 100644
--- a/.bash_extra
+++ b/.bash_extra
@@ -150,11 +150,11 @@ EOF
   *)
     if [ ! -z $1 ] ; then
       (echo ">>> Try local checkout" && git checkout --quiet "$1" > /dev/null 2>&1) ||
-      (echo ">>> Try remote checkout" && git checkout --quiet -b "$1" origin/"$1" > /dev/null 2>&1 || echo ">>> Unknown branch!")
+      (echo ">>> Try remote checkout" && git checkout --quiet -b "$1" origin/"$1" > /dev/null 2>&1 || echo ">>> Unkown branch!")
     else
-      echo ">>> get default branch"
-      default_branch=$(git remote show origin | sed -n '/HEAD branch/s/.*: //p')
-      git checkout --quiet ${default_branch} > /dev/null 2>&1
+      (git checkout --quiet master > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo '>>> Try checking out master')  ||
+      (git checkout --quiet main > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo '>>> Try checking out main')  ||
+      (git checkout --quiet release > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo '>>> Try checking out release')
     fi
   esac
 }