diff --git a/Trigger/TriggerCommon/TriggerMenu/scripts/checkMenuPrimaries.py b/Trigger/TriggerCommon/TriggerMenu/scripts/checkMenuPrimaries.py
index 31c407bdefe8984ac3fe0c94e8ac71ec974a96dd..22ea8037634daf52f2afc2653840474697183ddd 100755
--- a/Trigger/TriggerCommon/TriggerMenu/scripts/checkMenuPrimaries.py
+++ b/Trigger/TriggerCommon/TriggerMenu/scripts/checkMenuPrimaries.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ def main():
     log = logging.getLogger("checkMenuPrimaries")
     log.setLevel(logging.INFO)
 
+    TriggerAPI.setRelease("current")
     inconsistent =  TriggerAPI.checkPeriodConsistency(TriggerPeriod.future2e34, TriggerType.ALL)
     if inconsistent:
         log.error("Some items are tighter than primaries but are lacking the 'Primary:20000' tag, please fix")