diff --git a/src/usr/sbin/sbopkg b/src/usr/sbin/sbopkg
index 9ef24dc..7ec6c17 100755
--- a/src/usr/sbin/sbopkg
+++ b/src/usr/sbin/sbopkg
@@ -1086,8 +1086,12 @@ set_repo_vars() {
             REPO_GPG=${REPOSITORIES[$((i + 6))]}
             REPO_DIR=$REPO_ROOT/$REPO_NAME
 
+            # If the repository is updated using rsync / GIT
             if [[ $REPO_TOOL = "rsync" || $REPO_TOOL = "git" ]]; then
                 checkout_${REPO_TOOL}_branch
+            # this is for local repository
+            elif [[ $REPO_TOOL = "" ]]; then
+                REPO_DIR=$REPO_ROOT/$REPO_NAME/$REPO_BRANCH
             fi
 
             # If the user specified a custom tag, use that one instead.
diff --git a/tools/ChangeLog-latest.txt b/tools/ChangeLog-latest.txt
index 1052e3d..62592f2 100644
--- a/tools/ChangeLog-latest.txt
+++ b/tools/ChangeLog-latest.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 SBOPKG NEWS
 
-sbopkg-dev (2019-11-10 09:16:13 UTC)
+sbopkg-dev (2019-12-26 05:13:18 UTC)
     FEATURES
 	* sqg: Parallelize building of single and all packages by option -j.
 	  Patch by Marcel Saegebarth.
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ sbopkg-dev (2019-11-10 09:16:13 UTC)
           Feature Request by wronguser (#50).
         * sbokg: Add better non-interactive/cron run support
           Initial patch by smallid (#56).
+        * sbopkg: Add more detection to local repository
+          Initial patch by arcctgx (#58)
 
     MODIFICATIONS
 	* bash-completion: Complete -i and -b when git repo is used