diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 11a5b8f08..ac1b65a76 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ ci_upload:
 	find build -type l -delete
 	gzip -r9v build
 	./rclone --config bin/travis.rclone.conf -v copy build/ $(BETA_UPLOAD)/testbuilds
-ifndef BRANCH_PATH
+ifeq ($(or $(BRANCH_PATH),$(RELEASE_TAG)),)
 	./rclone --config bin/travis.rclone.conf -v copy build/ $(BETA_UPLOAD_ROOT)/test/testbuilds-latest
 endif
 	@echo Beta release ready at $(BETA_URL)/testbuilds
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ ci_beta:
 	git log $(LAST_TAG).. > /tmp/git-log.txt
 	go run bin/cross-compile.go -release beta-latest -git-log /tmp/git-log.txt $(BUILD_FLAGS) $(BUILDTAGS) $(TAG)
 	rclone --config bin/travis.rclone.conf -v copy --exclude '*beta-latest*' build/ $(BETA_UPLOAD)
-ifndef BRANCH_PATH
+ifeq ($(or $(BRANCH_PATH),$(RELEASE_TAG)),)
 	rclone --config bin/travis.rclone.conf -v copy --include '*beta-latest*' --include version.txt build/ $(BETA_UPLOAD_ROOT)$(BETA_SUBDIR)
 endif
 	@echo Beta release ready at $(BETA_URL)
diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index 40c989d01..790644789 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -65,9 +65,8 @@ Now
   * git cherry-pick any fixes
   * Do the steps as above
   * make startstable
-  * NB this overwrites the current beta so we need to do this
   * git co master
-  * # cherry pick the changes to the changelog
+  * `#` cherry pick the changes to the changelog - check the diff to make sure it is correct
   * git checkout ${BASE_TAG}-stable docs/content/changelog.md
   * git commit -a -v -m "Changelog updates from Version ${NEW_TAG}"
   * git push