diff --git a/create_all_tarballs b/create_all_tarballs
index 9891e68..dd5e9cc 100755
--- a/create_all_tarballs
+++ b/create_all_tarballs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ if [[ ! -e .git ]] ||
 fi
 
 # Check remote branch
-branch=`git branch --contains HEAD | grep -v "no branch" | head -n1 | cut -c 3-`
+branch=`git branch --contains HEAD | egrep -v "no branch|detached" | head -n1 | cut -c 3-`
 if [[ -z "$branch" ]] ||
    [[ -z "`git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name --remotes=\"*/$branch\"`" ]]; then
         echo "There is not active upstream branch.  Exiting..."
diff --git a/create_tarball b/create_tarball
index c97b828..cce38bf 100755
--- a/create_tarball
+++ b/create_tarball
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ if [[ ! -e .git ]] ||
 fi
 
 # Check remote branch
-branch=`git branch --contains HEAD | grep -v "no branch" | head -n1 | cut -c 3-`
+branch=`git branch --contains HEAD | egrep -v "no branch|detached" | head -n1 | cut -c 3-`
 if [[ -z "$branch" ]] ||
    [[ -z "`git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name --remotes=\"*/$branch\"`" ]]; then
         echo "There is not active upstream branch.  Exiting..."