diff --git a/scripts/travis/release/git-tag-beta.sh b/scripts/travis/release/git-tag-beta.sh
index b1a9ad3ec2..33325d5043 100755
--- a/scripts/travis/release/git-tag-beta.sh
+++ b/scripts/travis/release/git-tag-beta.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
 VERSION=$(npm view @alfresco/adf-core@beta version)
 
 echo "git tag -a ${VERSION} -m ${VERSION}"
+git config --local user.name "alfresco-build"
+git config --local user.email "build@alfresco.com"
 git tag -a ${VERSION} -m "${VERSION} [ci skip] "
 git remote rm origin
-git remote add origin 'https://$GITHUB_TOKEN:x-oauth-basic@github.com:Alfresco/alfresco-ng2-components.git'
+GITHUB_REPO=https://$GITHUB_TOKEN:x-oauth-basic@github.com/Alfresco/alfresco-ng2-components.git
+git remote add origin $GITHUB_REPO
 git push origin --tags