diff --git a/src/gitlogstats/__main__.py b/src/gitlogstats/__main__.py
index b716c52..6c1c811 100644
--- a/src/gitlogstats/__main__.py
+++ b/src/gitlogstats/__main__.py
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ def main():
         "--repository",
         help="the public URL of the repository whose logs to parse",
     )
+    group.add_argument(
+        "-b", "--branch", help="the branch to parse",
+    )
     group.add_argument(
         "-rf",
         "--repofile",
@@ -136,6 +139,11 @@ def main():
                 ["git", "pull"], capture_output=True, check=True
             )  # clone the code from github
 
+        if args.branch:
+            subprocess.run(
+                ["git", "checkout", args.branch], capture_output=True, check=True
+            )  # clone the code from github
+
         git_logs_parser = GitLogsParser(
             repo=repo_dir,
             start=args.start,