diff --git a/indra/newview/viewer_manifest.py b/indra/newview/viewer_manifest.py
index 35451c96211e9fcf3991300986b7e00857a9d14f..53a3e732caa52401624638432d38645154d6c9d2 100755
--- a/indra/newview/viewer_manifest.py
+++ b/indra/newview/viewer_manifest.py
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ def channel_lowerword(self):
     def app_name(self):
         app_suffix='Test'
         channel_type=self.channel_lowerword()
-        if channel_type == 'release' :
+        if channel_type.startswith('release') :
             app_suffix='Viewer'
         elif re.match('^(beta|project).*',channel_type) :
             app_suffix=self.channel_unique()
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@ def icon_path(self):
         icon_path="icons/"
         channel_type=self.channel_lowerword()
         print "Icon channel type '%s'" % channel_type
-        if channel_type == 'release' :
-            icon_path += channel_type
+        if channel_type.startswith('release') :
+            icon_path += 'release'
         elif re.match('^beta.*',channel_type) :
             icon_path += 'beta'
         elif re.match('^project.*',channel_type) :
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ class WindowsManifest(ViewerManifest):
     def final_exe(self):
         app_suffix="Test"
         channel_type=self.channel_lowerword()
-        if channel_type == 'release' :
+        if channel_type.startswith('release') :
             app_suffix=''
         elif re.match('^(beta|project).*',channel_type) :
             app_suffix=''.join(self.channel_unique().split())