diff --git a/bin/chroot-run.in b/bin/chroot-run.in
index d650b94..ca669e2 100644
--- a/bin/chroot-run.in
+++ b/bin/chroot-run.in
@@ -83,13 +83,13 @@ copy_hostconf () {
 	if [[ -n ${build_mirror} ]];then
 	    build_mirror=${build_mirror}'/$repo/$arch'
 	    if ${keep_mirrors}; then
-			source $1/etc/pacman-mirrors.conf
+			Branch=$(cat "$1/etc/pacman-mirrors.conf" | grep '^Branch = ' | sed 's/Branch = \s*//g')
 			sed -e "s|/stable|/${Branch}|g" -i "$1/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist"
 		else
 			echo "Server = ${build_mirror}" > "$1/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist"
 	    fi
 	else
-	    source $1/etc/pacman-mirrors.conf
+	    Branch=$(cat "$1/etc/pacman-mirrors.conf" | grep '^Branch = ' | sed 's/Branch = \s*//g')
 	    sed -e "s|/stable|/${Branch}|g" -i "$1/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist"
 	fi
 
diff --git a/data/pacman-mirrors-stable.conf b/data/pacman-mirrors-stable.conf
index 6b66971..4a8d615 100644
--- a/data/pacman-mirrors-stable.conf
+++ b/data/pacman-mirrors-stable.conf
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ##
 
 ## Branch Pacman should use (stable, testing, unstable)
-# Branch = stable
+Branch = stable
 
 ## Generation method
 ## 1) rank   - rank mirrors depending on their access time
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@
 ## pacman-mirrors is invoked with the --no-update argument.
 ## Useful if you don't want the mirrorlist regenerated after a
 ## pacman-mirrors package upgrade.
-# NoUpdate = False
\ No newline at end of file
+# NoUpdate = False