diff --git a/setup_local_env/setup.sh b/setup_local_env/setup.sh
index 7615ca0..9438965 100755
--- a/setup_local_env/setup.sh
+++ b/setup_local_env/setup.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 
 SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
-GERRIT_BRANCH=stable-3.1
+GERRIT_BRANCH=master
 GERRIT_CI=https://gerrit-ci.gerritforge.com/view/Plugins-$GERRIT_BRANCH/job
 LAST_BUILD=lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/bazel-bin/plugins
 EVENTS_BROKER_VER=`grep 'com.gerritforge:events-broker' $(dirname $0)/../external_plugin_deps.bzl | cut -d '"' -f 2 | cut -d ':' -f 3`
@@ -341,10 +341,10 @@
 fi
 if [ $DOWNLOAD_WEBSESSION_PLUGIN = "true" ];then
   echo "Downloading websession-broker plugin $GERRIT_BRANCH"
-  wget $GERRIT_CI/plugin-websession-broker-bazel-$GERRIT_BRANCH/$LAST_BUILD/websession-broker/websession-broker.jar \
+  wget $GERRIT_CI/plugin-websession-broker-bazel-master-$GERRIT_BRANCH/$LAST_BUILD/websession-broker/websession-broker.jar \
   -O $DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION/websession-broker.jar || { echo >&2 "Cannot download websession-broker plugin: Check internet connection. Abort\
 ing"; exit 1; }
-  wget $GERRIT_CI/plugin-healthcheck-bazel-$GERRIT_BRANCH/$LAST_BUILD/healthcheck/healthcheck.jar \
+  wget $GERRIT_CI/plugin-healthcheck-bazel-master-$GERRIT_BRANCH/$LAST_BUILD/healthcheck/healthcheck.jar \
   -O $DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION/healthcheck.jar || { echo >&2 "Cannot download healthcheck plugin: Check internet connection. Abort\
 ing"; exit 1; }
 else
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@
 fi
 
 echo "Downloading zookeeper plugin $GERRIT_BRANCH"
-  wget $GERRIT_CI/plugin-zookeeper-refdb-bazel-$GERRIT_BRANCH/$LAST_BUILD/zookeeper-refdb/zookeeper-refdb.jar \
+  wget $GERRIT_CI/plugin-zookeeper-refdb-bazel-master-$GERRIT_BRANCH/$LAST_BUILD/zookeeper-refdb/zookeeper-refdb.jar \
   -O $DEPLOYMENT_LOCATION/zookeeper-refdb.jar || { echo >&2 "Cannot download zookeeper plugin: Check internet connection. Abort\
 ing"; exit 1; }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/index/ChangeCheckerImpl.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/index/ChangeCheckerImpl.java
index 32b8af3..15b1e09 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/index/ChangeCheckerImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/index/ChangeCheckerImpl.java
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
   @Override
   public Optional<ChangeNotes> getChangeNotes() {
     try (ManualRequestContext ctx = oneOffReqCtx.open()) {
-      this.changeNotes = Optional.ofNullable(changeFinder.findOne(changeId));
+      this.changeNotes = changeFinder.findOne(changeId);
       return changeNotes;
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/index/ProjectCheckerImpl.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/index/ProjectCheckerImpl.java
index 548ccc0..d9851f3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/index/ProjectCheckerImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/multisite/index/ProjectCheckerImpl.java
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@
 
   @Override
   public boolean isProjectUpToDate(Project.NameKey projectName) {
-    return projectCache.get(projectName) != null;
+    return projectCache.get(projectName).isPresent();
   }
 }