diff --git a/s/cron/previews.sh b/s/cron/previews.sh
index 91f0444fd..fc9f5f70b 100755
--- a/s/cron/previews.sh
+++ b/s/cron/previews.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-s/preview build
+s/preview build master
 s/preview version
 for game in 2 3 4 ; do
 	s/preview -g $game run && \
diff --git a/s/preview b/s/preview
index 9db46f7cb..f5aebd818 100755
--- a/s/preview
+++ b/s/preview
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ function build() {
 assert_dir $SOURCE
 cd $SOURCE
 git pull || abort "failed to update source. do you have local changes?"
+[ -z $1 ] || git checkout $1
 s/build || abort "build failed."
 }
 
@@ -128,7 +129,8 @@ case "$1" in
   version
   ;;
 "build")
-  build
+  shift
+  build $*
   ;;
 "setup")
   setup