diff --git a/recipes/ion/recipe.sh b/recipes/ion/recipe.sh
index f7e3e66e9..cf209b2b2 100644
--- a/recipes/ion/recipe.sh
+++ b/recipes/ion/recipe.sh
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 GIT=https://github.com/redox-os/ion.git
+BRANCH=simpler_signals