diff --git a/systemd/conservancy-www-update.sh b/systemd/conservancy-www-update.sh
index da8f980be2baef5ad7fe887dfc9ec413510103f1..c3ba354bc8e3ec9db78218550d75d8eefc07b94a 100755
--- a/systemd/conservancy-www-update.sh
+++ b/systemd/conservancy-www-update.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 set -e
 set -u
+set -x
 
 PRODUCTION_BRANCH="${PRODUCTION_BRANCH:-master}"
 
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ fi
 IFS=/ read git_remote git_refspec <<EOF
 $git_upstream
 EOF
-git fetch --quiet --no-tags "$git_remote" "$git_refspec"
+git fetch --quiet --no-tags "${git_remote}/${git_refspec}"
 if [ "$(git rev-parse "$PRODUCTION_BRANCH")" = "$(git rev-parse "$git_upstream")" ]; then
     exit 0
 fi