diff --git a/vars/backendTestServicePipeline.groovy b/vars/backendTestServicePipeline.groovy
index 53900d693970d4c1f1e8c8260d3eea176c29e471..a47dfd5571bf623f16a3adc275e7a8b8e00ddb4f 100644
--- a/vars/backendTestServicePipeline.groovy
+++ b/vars/backendTestServicePipeline.groovy
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ def call(String repo, String branch, String serviceName) {
       
   stage('checkout') {
         steps {
-            git branch: "branch",
+            git branch: branch,
                 credentialsId: 'tucker-gitlab-login',
                 url: repo
         }