diff --git a/bin/git-myshellconfig-checkout b/bin/git-myshellconfig-checkout
index 6c6738b..f7a6041 100755
--- a/bin/git-myshellconfig-checkout
+++ b/bin/git-myshellconfig-checkout
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #MSC_LOGDIR="./logs"
 #MSC_LOGFILE="${MSC_LOGDIR}/git.log"
 [ -d "${MSC_LOGDIR}" ] || mkdir -p "${MSC_LOGDIR}"
-[ -z "${MSC_GIT_REMOTE_NAME+x}" ] && export MSC_GIT_REMOTE_NAME=origin
+[ -z "${MSC_GIT_REMOTE_NAME+x}" ] && export MSC_GIT_REMOTE_NAME=$($MSC_GIT rev-parse --abbrev-ref @{u} 2>/dev/null | cut -d'/' -f1)
 [ -z "${MSC_GIT_BRANCH:+x}" ] && export MSC_GIT_BRANCH=master