diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/ghpages.sh b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/ghpages.sh
index 4d111491..0959a305 100755
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/ghpages.sh
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/ghpages.sh
@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ function retrieve_current_branch() {
       CURRENT_BRANCH=${CURRENT_BRANCH:-HEAD}
     fi
     echo "Current branch is [${CURRENT_BRANCH}]"
-    git checkout ${CURRENT_BRANCH}
-
+    git checkout ${CURRENT_BRANCH} || echo "Failed to check the branch... continuing with the script"
 }
 
 # Switches to the provided value of the release version. We always prefix it with `v`