diff --git a/larbs.sh b/larbs.sh
index 5170bf6..7b0042c 100755
--- a/larbs.sh
+++ b/larbs.sh
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ gitmakeinstall() {
 	dir="$repodir/$progname"
 	dialog --title "LARBS Installation" \
 		--infobox "Installing \`$progname\` ($n of $total) via \`git\` and \`make\`. $(basename "$1") $2" 5 70
-	sudo -u "$name" git clone -C "$repodir/$1" \
+	sudo -u "$name" git -C "$repodir" clone \
 		--depth 1 --single-branch --no-tags -q "$1" "$dir" \
 		|| { cd "$dir" || return 1 ; sudo -u "$name" git pull --force origin master ;}
 	cd "$dir" || exit 1
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ putgitrepo() {
 	dir=$(mktemp -d)
 	[ ! -d "$2" ] && mkdir -p "$2"
 	chown "$name":wheel "$dir" "$2"
-	sudo -u "$name" git -C "$repodir/$1" clone --depth 1 \
+	sudo -u "$name" git -C "$repodir" clone --depth 1 \
 		--single-branch --no-tags -q --recursive -b "$branch" \
 		--recurse-submodules "$1" "$dir"
 	sudo -u "$name" cp -rfT "$dir" "$2"