diff --git a/command/pr.go b/command/pr.go
index 5b3a4a16a..cabd27949 100644
--- a/command/pr.go
+++ b/command/pr.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func init() {
 
 	prListCmd.Flags().IntP("limit", "L", 30, "maximum number of items to fetch")
 	prListCmd.Flags().StringP("state", "s", "open", "filter by state")
-	prListCmd.Flags().StringP("base", "b", "", "filter by base branch")
+	prListCmd.Flags().StringP("base", "B", "", "filter by base branch")
 	prListCmd.Flags().StringArrayP("label", "l", nil, "filter by label")
 }
 
diff --git a/command/root.go b/command/root.go
index 489cd7f30..96feb1605 100644
--- a/command/root.go
+++ b/command/root.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ var BuildDate = "YYYY-MM-DD"
 func init() {
 	RootCmd.Version = fmt.Sprintf("%s (%s)", Version, BuildDate)
 	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringP("repo", "R", "", "current GitHub repository")
-	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringP("current-branch", "B", "", "current git branch")
 	// TODO:
 	// RootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolP("verbose", "V", false, "enable verbose output")
 
@@ -55,9 +54,7 @@ func contextForCommand(cmd *cobra.Command) context.Context {
 	ctx := initContext()
 	if repo, err := cmd.Flags().GetString("repo"); err == nil && repo != "" {
 		ctx.SetBaseRepo(repo)
-	}
-	if branch, err := cmd.Flags().GetString("current-branch"); err == nil && branch != "" {
-		ctx.SetBranch(branch)
+		ctx.SetBranch("master")
 	}
 	return ctx
 }