diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b030aa6..dbcc478 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,23 +2,29 @@ GLUON_BUILD_DIR := gluon-build
 GLUON_GIT_URL := git://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon.git
 GLUON_GIT_REF := 08ecab23dec1e43b02fdca4caa86d2b7940b2f12
 
-JOBS ?= $(shell cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep processor | wc -l)
-
-_GIT_DESCRIBE = $(shell git describe --tags 2>&1)
+_GIT_DESCRIBE = $(shell git describe --tags 2>/dev/null)
 ifneq (,${_GIT_DESCRIBE})
   GLUON_RELEASE := ${_GIT_DESCRIBE}
-  GLUON_BRANCH ?= stable
+  GLUON_BRANCH := stable
 else
-  GLUON_BRANCH ?= nightly
+  GLUON_RELEASE ?= snapshot~$(shell date '+%Y%m%d')~$(shell git describe --always)
 endif
 
+JOBS ?= $(shell cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep processor | wc -l)
+
+GLUON_MAKE := ${MAKE} -j ${JOBS} -C ${GLUON_BUILD_DIR} \
+                      GLUON_RELEASE=${GLUON_RELEASE} \
+                      GLUON_BRANCH=${GLUON_BRANCH}
+
 all: build
 
 build: gluon-prepare
-	cd ${GLUON_BUILD_DIR} \
-	    && make update \
-	    && make -j ${JOBS} \
-	    && make manifest
+	echo '${GLUON_RELEASE} (${GLUON_BRANCH})'
+	${GLUON_MAKE} update
+	${GLUON_MAKE} images
+
+manifest: gluon-prepare
+	${GLUON_MAKE} manifest
 
 ${GLUON_BUILD_DIR}:
 	git clone ${GLUON_GIT_URL} ${GLUON_BUILD_DIR}
diff --git a/site.mk b/site.mk
index 71c3209..717a1b2 100644
--- a/site.mk
+++ b/site.mk
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ GLUON_SITE_PACKAGES := \
 	haveged
 
 
-DEFAULT_GLUON_RELEASE := nightly~$(shell date '+%Y%m%d')~$(shell cd ../../../.. && git describe --always --abbrev=8)
+DEFAULT_GLUON_RELEASE := snapshot~$(shell date '+%Y%m%d')
 
 # Allow overriding the release number from the command line
 GLUON_RELEASE ?= $(DEFAULT_GLUON_RELEASE)