diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index ca6bffd..d1917d2 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -593,7 +593,8 @@ _mk_clean_list:
     ) | sort -u |
     while IFS= read line; do
         branch="$(cut <<<"$line" -c3-)"
-        if grep <<<"$branch" "$(just _upstream_release_branches '^' '$')" --quiet; then
+        if [[ "$branch" = "scratch" ]] \
+        || grep <<<"$branch" "$(just _upstream_release_branches '^' '$')" --quiet; then
             continue
         fi
         #jq <<<"$worktrees" '.branch'