diff --git a/bin/push-to-prod.sh b/bin/push-to-prod.sh
index 3744c00..6aa8e61 100755
--- a/bin/push-to-prod.sh
+++ b/bin/push-to-prod.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 # push main to prod (which will trigger the deploy action)
-git checkout prod
-git merge --ff-only main
-git push origin prod
-git checkout main
+CURR_BRANCH=$(git symbolic-ref --short HEAD)
+if [[ ${CURR_BRANCH} == "main" ]]; then 
+  echo pushing main to prod...
+  git checkout prod
+  git merge --ff-only main
+  git push origin prod
+  git checkout main
+else
+  echo "This script is meant to be run from the main branch!"
+fi