diff --git a/tools/arkmanager b/tools/arkmanager
index 543f476..66fb4bf 100755
--- a/tools/arkmanager
+++ b/tools/arkmanager
@@ -632,11 +632,32 @@ function getStagingVersion(){
   fi
 }
 
+#
+# Return the installed beta / branch
+#
+function getCurrentBranch(){
+  if [ -f "${arkserverroot}/steamapps/appmanifest_${appid}.acf" ]; then
+    while read name val; do if [ "${name}" == "{" ]; then parseSteamACF "UserConfig" "betakey"; break; fi; done <"${arkserverroot}/steamapps/appmanifest_${appid}.acf"
+  fi
+}
+
+#
+# Return the installed beta / branch in staging directory
+#
+function getCurrentBranch(){
+  if [ -f "${arkStagingDir}/steamapps/appmanifest_${appid}.acf" ]; then
+    while read name val; do if [ "${name}" == "{" ]; then parseSteamACF "UserConfig" "betakey"; break; fi; done <"${arkStagingDir}/steamapps/appmanifest_${appid}.acf"
+  fi
+}
+
 #
 # Get the current available server version on steamdb
 #
 function getAvailableVersion(){
   rm -f "$steamcmd_appinfocache"
+  if [ -z "$appbranch" ]; then
+    appbranch="$(getCurrentBranch)"
+  fi
   runSteamCMD +app_info_update 1 +app_info_print "$appid" +quit | while read name val; do if [ "${name}" == "{" ]; then parseSteamACF ".depots.branches.${appbranch:-public}" "buildid"; break; fi; done
 }
 
@@ -736,6 +757,9 @@ function getSavedArksDirectory(){
 #
 function checkUpdateManifests(){
   appinfo="$(runSteamCMD +app_info_print "$appid" +quit)"
+  if [ -z "$appbranch" ]; then
+    appbranch="$(getCurrentBranch)"
+  fi
   while read depot manifest <&3; do
     newmanifest="$(echo "${appinfo}" | while read name val; do if [ "${name}" == "{" ]; then parseSteamACF ".depots.${depot}.manifests" "${appbranch:-public}"; break; fi; done)"
     if [[ -z "${newmanifest}" && "${appbranch:-public}" != "public" ]]; then
@@ -2891,7 +2915,11 @@ printStatus(){
 
   instver="$(getCurrentVersion)"
   echo -e "$NORMAL" "Server build ID: " "$GREEN" $instver "$NORMAL"
-  if false && [ -f "$arkserverroot/version.txt" ]; then
+  instbeta="$(getCurrentBranch)"
+  if [ -n "$instbeta" ]; then
+    echo -e "$NORMAL" "Server branch: " "$GREEN" "$instbeta" "$NORMAL"
+  fi
+  if [ -f "$arkserverroot/version.txt" ]; then
     echo -e "$NORMAL" "Server version: " "$GREEN" "$(<"$arkserverroot/version.txt")" "$NORMAL"
   fi
 }