diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 8c3a71c..6cf8204 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ on:
     branches:
       - 'master'
       - 'main'
-      - 'staging'
 
 env:
   GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/staging.yaml b/.github/workflows/staging.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4434890
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/staging.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+name: Staging
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - 'staging'
+
+env:
+  GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+  GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+  NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    name: Publish
+    environment: staging
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Prepare repository
+        run: git fetch --unshallow --tags
+
+      - name: Setup node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: 16
+          cache: 'yarn'
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          yarn -v
+          yarn install --immutable
+
+      - name: Build
+        run: export DEFAULT_BRANCH=staging;yarn run build
+
+      - name: Create Release
+        run: yarn auto shipit -v
diff --git a/core/create-app.tsx b/core/create-app.tsx
index 82eca8e..dc5a9bb 100644
--- a/core/create-app.tsx
+++ b/core/create-app.tsx
@@ -90,7 +90,10 @@ export async function createApp(config: CreateMagicAppConfig) {
   };
 
   const templateFlags: any = await parseFlags(mapTemplateToFlags(config.template as string), config?.data);
-  const repoUrl = new URL(`${DEFAULT_CREATE_MAGIC_APP_REPO}/tree/${config.branch}`, GITHUB_BASE_URL);
+  const repoUrl = new URL(
+    `${DEFAULT_CREATE_MAGIC_APP_REPO}/tree/${process.env.DEFAULT_BRANCH ?? config.branch}`,
+    GITHUB_BASE_URL,
+  );
   const repoInfo = await getRepoInfo(repoUrl, getRelativeTemplatePath(config.template as string));
   if (repoInfo) {
     const templatePath = getAbsoluteTemplatePath(config.template as string);