diff --git a/asyncgit/src/sync/branch.rs b/asyncgit/src/sync/branch.rs
index 01426ca1..871958bc 100644
--- a/asyncgit/src/sync/branch.rs
+++ b/asyncgit/src/sync/branch.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use crate::{
     error::{Error, Result},
     sync::{utils, CommitId},
 };
-use git2::BranchType;
+use git2::{BranchType, Repository};
 use scopetime::scope_time;
 use utils::get_head_repo;
 
@@ -87,6 +87,25 @@ pub struct BranchCompare {
     pub behind: usize,
 }
 
+///
+pub(crate) fn branch_set_upstream(
+    repo: &Repository,
+    branch_name: &str,
+) -> Result<()> {
+    scope_time!("branch_set_upstream");
+
+    let mut branch =
+        repo.find_branch(branch_name, BranchType::Local)?;
+
+    if branch.upstream().is_err() {
+        //TODO: what about other remote names
+        let upstream_name = format!("origin/{}", branch_name);
+        branch.set_upstream(Some(upstream_name.as_str()))?;
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 ///
 pub fn branch_compare_upstream(
     repo_path: &str,
@@ -97,6 +116,7 @@ pub fn branch_compare_upstream(
     let repo = utils::repo(repo_path)?;
 
     let branch = repo.find_branch(branch, BranchType::Local)?;
+
     let upstream = branch.upstream()?;
 
     let branch_commit =
diff --git a/asyncgit/src/sync/remotes.rs b/asyncgit/src/sync/remotes.rs
index 67b889f7..c2134b0e 100644
--- a/asyncgit/src/sync/remotes.rs
+++ b/asyncgit/src/sync/remotes.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //!
 
-use super::CommitId;
+use super::{branch::branch_set_upstream, CommitId};
 use crate::{
     error::Result, sync::cred::BasicAuthCredential, sync::utils,
 };
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pub fn push(
     basic_credential: Option<BasicAuthCredential>,
     progress_sender: Sender<ProgressNotification>,
 ) -> Result<()> {
-    scope_time!("push_origin");
+    scope_time!("push");
 
     let repo = utils::repo(repo_path)?;
     let mut remote = repo.find_remote(remote)?;
@@ -103,7 +103,11 @@ pub fn push(
     ));
     options.packbuilder_parallelism(0);
 
-    remote.push(&[branch], Some(&mut options))?;
+    let branch_name = format!("refs/heads/{}", branch);
+
+    remote.push(&[branch_name.as_str()], Some(&mut options))?;
+
+    branch_set_upstream(&repo, branch)?;
 
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/tabs/status.rs b/src/tabs/status.rs
index b1c544df..2a61ee07 100644
--- a/src/tabs/status.rs
+++ b/src/tabs/status.rs
@@ -377,8 +377,6 @@ impl Status {
 
     fn push(&self) {
         if let Some(branch) = self.git_branch_name.last() {
-            let branch = format!("refs/heads/{}", branch);
-
             self.queue
                 .borrow_mut()
                 .push_back(InternalEvent::Push(branch));