diff --git a/bin/download b/bin/download
index fe97de3a4f703661e61bc7067ed49744e1a49fff..f6828383911404339f155036d0cf862edb93ff9a 100755
--- a/bin/download
+++ b/bin/download
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ in
   *) echo "Provide either db or files as a first argument!"
     exit 1;;
 esac
-branch=main
+branch=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
 if [[ "x$2" != "x" ]]; then
   branch=$2
 fi
@@ -23,12 +23,17 @@ function gitlab() {
     echo curl --write-out "\nHTTP-Code:%{http_code}" -X "$METHOD" -s -H "Private-Token: ${GITLAB_PRIVATE_TOKEN}" "${GITLAB_URL}"/api/v4/"$REQUEST" "$@"
   fi
   output="$(curl --write-out "\nHTTP-Code:%{http_code}" -X "$METHOD" -s -H "Private-Token: ${GITLAB_PRIVATE_TOKEN}" "${GITLAB_URL}"/api/v4/"$REQUEST" "$@")"
+  if [[ "${DEBUG}" == "yes" ]]; then
+    echo $output
+  fi
   result="$(echo "$output" | grep "{")"
   code="$(echo "$output" | grep -m 1 "HTTP-Code:" | cut -d: -f2)"
   if [[ $code -eq $EXPECTED ]]; then
     return
   fi
-  echo $output
+  if [[ "${DEBUG}" == "no" ]]; then
+    echo $output
+  fi
   echo "$METHOD request to $REQUEST did not succeed! Responds with code $code instead of $EXPECTED"
   exit 99
 }
@@ -106,7 +111,7 @@ if [[ "a${TRIGGERTOKEN}a" == "aa" ]]; then
 fi
 
 echo "Trigger pipeline ..."
-gitlab 201 POST projects/"$PRJID"/trigger/pipeline --data "token=$TRIGGERTOKEN" --data "ref=${branch}" --data "variables[TRIGGERTASK]=$mode"
+gitlab 201 POST projects/"$PRJID"/trigger/pipeline --data "token=$TRIGGERTOKEN" --data "ref=${branch}" --data "variables[TRIGGERTASK]=$mode" --data "variables[TRIGGER_INPUT]=$branch"
 PIPELINEID=$(echo "$result"  | jq -r ."id")
 PIPELINESTATUS=$(echo "$result"  | jq -r ."status")
 
diff --git a/bin/merge b/bin/merge
index a05b2071d4f0a533d7b991f22ec7673a3bf9433d..013985aa7618f5043380a3469c10450c338cf080 100755
--- a/bin/merge
+++ b/bin/merge
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+export DEBUG=no
+
 function gitlab() {
   EXPECTED=$1
   METHOD=$2
@@ -9,11 +11,17 @@ function gitlab() {
     echo curl --write-out "\nHTTP-Code:%{http_code}" -X "$METHOD" -s -H "Private-Token: ${GITLAB_PRIVATE_TOKEN}" "${GITLAB_URL}"/api/v4/"$REQUEST" "$@"
   fi
   output="$(curl --write-out "\nHTTP-Code:%{http_code}" -X "$METHOD" -s -H "Private-Token: ${GITLAB_PRIVATE_TOKEN}" "${GITLAB_URL}"/api/v4/"$REQUEST" "$@")"
+  if [[ "${DEBUG}" == "yes" ]]; then
+    echo $output
+  fi
   result="$(echo "$output" | grep "{")"
   code="$(echo "$output" | grep -m 1 "HTTP-Code:" | cut -d: -f2)"
   if [[ $code -eq $EXPECTED ]]; then
     return
   fi
+  if [[ "${DEBUG}" == "no" ]]; then
+    echo $output
+  fi
   echo "$METHOD request to $REQUEST did not succeed! Responds with code $code instead of $EXPECTED"
   exit 99
 }