diff --git a/img-gen-all.sh b/img-gen-all.sh
index 863891bc7..449439a63 100755
--- a/img-gen-all.sh
+++ b/img-gen-all.sh
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ sudo mount ${LOOPX}p3 "/tmp/p3"
 VERSION=$(date +'%y.%-m.dev')
 echo "${VERSION}" >files/p1/ARC-VERSION
 echo "${VERSION}" >VERSION
+echo "stable" >files/p1/ARC-BRANCH
 sed 's/^ARC_VERSION=.*/ARC_VERSION="'${VERSION}'"/' -i files/initrd/opt/arc/include/consts.sh
 
 echo "Repack initrd"
diff --git a/img-gen.sh b/img-gen.sh
index f74bb640c..1aa70a69e 100755
--- a/img-gen.sh
+++ b/img-gen.sh
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ sudo mount ${LOOPX}p3 "/tmp/p3"
 VERSION=$(date +'%y.%-m.dev')
 echo "${VERSION}" >files/p1/ARC-VERSION
 echo "${VERSION}" >VERSION
+echo "stable" >files/p1/ARC-BRANCH
 sed 's/^ARC_VERSION=.*/ARC_VERSION="'${VERSION}'"/' -i files/initrd/opt/arc/include/consts.sh
 
 echo "Repack initrd"