diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1dddf9b..348917c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@octomind/octomind",
-  "version": "3.4.1",
+  "version": "3.5.0",
   "description": "a command line client for octomind apis",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",
   "packageManager": "pnpm@10.26.0+sha512.3b3f6c725ebe712506c0ab1ad4133cf86b1f4b687effce62a9b38b4d72e3954242e643190fc51fa1642949c735f403debd44f5cb0edd657abe63a8b6a7e1e402",
diff --git a/src/tools/sync/git.ts b/src/tools/sync/git.ts
index 3e07f65..8479e2f 100644
--- a/src/tools/sync/git.ts
+++ b/src/tools/sync/git.ts
@@ -47,16 +47,22 @@ export const getDefaultBranch = async (
   allowedMethod: "symbolicRef+origin" | "origin" = "symbolicRef+origin",
 ): Promise<string> => {
   if (allowedMethod === "symbolicRef+origin") {
-    const symbolicRef = (
-      await simpleGit().raw("symbolic-ref", "refs/remotes/origin/HEAD")
-    ).trim();
-    const symbolicRefBranch = symbolicRef.replace(
-      "refs/remotes/origin/",
-      "refs/heads/",
-    );
-
-    if (symbolicRefBranch) {
-      return symbolicRefBranch;
+    try {
+      const symbolicRef = (
+        await simpleGit().raw("symbolic-ref", "refs/remotes/origin/HEAD")
+      ).trim();
+      const symbolicRefBranch = symbolicRef.replace(
+        "refs/remotes/origin/",
+        "refs/heads/",
+      );
+      if (symbolicRefBranch) {
+        return symbolicRefBranch;
+      }
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.warn(
+        "could not identify symbolic ref, falling back to origin parsing",
+        e,
+      );
     }
   }
 
@@ -92,7 +98,11 @@ export const getGitContext = async (): Promise<GitContext | undefined> => {
       defaultBranch,
     };
     return ctx;
-  } catch {
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.warn(
+      "could not identify git context, falling back to undefined",
+      e,
+    );
     return undefined;
   }
 };
diff --git a/src/tools/sync/push.ts b/src/tools/sync/push.ts
index 379b15d..647e01e 100644
--- a/src/tools/sync/push.ts
+++ b/src/tools/sync/push.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ type ErrorResponse =
 type PushOptions = {
   testTargetId: string;
   sourceDir: string;
+  branchName?: string;
   client: Client<paths>;
   onError: (error: ErrorResponse) => void;
 };
@@ -29,7 +30,8 @@ export const push = async (
   const testCases = readTestCasesFromDir(options.sourceDir);
   checkForConsistency(testCases);
   const context = await getGitContext();
-  const isDefaultBranch = context?.defaultBranch === context?.ref;
+  const refName = options.branchName ?? context?.ref;
+  const isDefaultBranch = !!context && context.defaultBranch === refName;
 
   const body: TestTargetSyncData = {
     testCases,
diff --git a/tests/tools/sync/git.integration.spec.ts b/tests/tools/sync/git.integration.spec.ts
index 84e5738..4706687 100644
--- a/tests/tools/sync/git.integration.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/tools/sync/git.integration.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
-import {getDefaultBranch, parseGitRemote} from "../../../src/tools/sync/git";
+import {getDefaultBranch, getGitContext, parseGitRemote} from "../../../src/tools/sync/git";
 
 describe('git', () => {
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+        console.warn = jest.fn();
+    })
+
     it("should return the actual owner and repo", async () => {
         const remote = await parseGitRemote();
 
@@ -14,5 +19,9 @@ describe('git', () => {
         expect(defaultBranch).toEqual("refs/heads/main");
     });
 
+    it("returns a context", async () => {
+        const context = await getGitContext()
 
-})
\ No newline at end of file
+        expect(context).toBeDefined()
+    });
+})
diff --git a/tests/tools/sync/push.spec.ts b/tests/tools/sync/push.spec.ts
index f43fa19..976c95c 100644
--- a/tests/tools/sync/push.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/tools/sync/push.spec.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,19 @@ describe("push", () => {
         expect(mockedClient.POST).toHaveBeenCalledWith("/apiKey/beta/test-targets/{testTargetId}/draft/push", expect.anything())
     })
 
+    it("pushes to draft if no git context", async () => {
+        jest.mocked(getGitContext).mockResolvedValue(undefined)
+
+        await push({
+            testTargetId: "someId",
+            sourceDir: ".",
+            client: mockedClient,
+            onError: jest.fn(),
+        })
+
+        expect(mockedClient.POST).toHaveBeenCalledWith("/apiKey/beta/test-targets/{testTargetId}/draft/push", expect.anything())
+    })
+
     it("calls the handleError callback on error", async () => {
         jest.mocked(getGitContext).mockResolvedValue({
             defaultBranch: "refs/heads/main",