diff --git a/contrib/agrarian-build-menu.sh b/contrib/agrarian-build-menu.sh
index 737fe0e6..8f92fbe9 100755
--- a/contrib/agrarian-build-menu.sh
+++ b/contrib/agrarian-build-menu.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 REPO_URL="${REPO_URL:-https://github.com/pacificao/agrarian.git}"
-BRANCH="${BRANCH:-2.0}"
 WORKDIR="${WORKDIR:-$HOME/agrarian}"
 JOBS="${JOBS:-1}"
 HOST_WIN64="${HOST_WIN64:-x86_64-w64-mingw32}"
@@ -10,6 +9,18 @@ HOST_WIN64="${HOST_WIN64:-x86_64-w64-mingw32}"
 MENU_CHOICE=""
 ROOT=""
 
+detect_script_branch() {
+  local script_dir
+  script_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+
+  git -C "$script_dir" rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null || true
+}
+
+if [[ -z "${BRANCH:-}" ]]; then
+  BRANCH="$(detect_script_branch)"
+fi
+BRANCH="${BRANCH:-main}"
+
 if [[ "${EUID:-$(id -u)}" -eq 0 && "${ALLOW_ROOT_BUILD_MENU:-0}" != "1" ]]; then
   cat >&2 <<EOF
 Do not run this script with sudo.
diff --git a/doc/build-menu.md b/doc/build-menu.md
index d501f9c3..d57ad364 100644
--- a/doc/build-menu.md
+++ b/doc/build-menu.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Defaults
 The script can be configured with environment variables:
 
     REPO_URL=https://github.com/pacificao/agrarian.git
-    BRANCH=2.0
+    BRANCH=<current checkout branch, or main when run standalone>
     WORKDIR=$HOME/agrarian
     JOBS=1
 
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ Example:
 
     JOBS=8 WORKDIR=$HOME/src/agrarian ./contrib/agrarian-build-menu.sh
 
+To test the 2.0 branch from a standalone downloaded copy of the script:
+
+    BRANCH=2.0 ./agrarian-build-menu.sh
+
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