diff --git a/recipes/ion/recipe.sh b/recipes/ion/recipe.sh
index f7e3e66e95e87465c4a7793606abcf03d115411d..cf209b2b294b7d185d1e26ae7c496a9cd5177291 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