diff --git a/Git/Project.cs b/Git/Project.cs
index 08f6ed9..c439a11 100644
--- a/Git/Project.cs
+++ b/Git/Project.cs
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ public void Init(string repository)
             if (!Directory.Exists(GitPath))
             {
                 Directory.CreateDirectory(GitPath);
-                RunCommand($"clone --mirror {repository} .");
+                RunCommand($"init");
+                RunCommand($"remote add origin {repository}");
+                RunCommand($"config remote.origin.fetch +refs/*:refs/*");
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/Program.cs b/Program.cs
index 6410f1a..a337b27 100644
--- a/Program.cs
+++ b/Program.cs
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ static async Task AsyncMain(IConfigurationRoot config)
             if (mergeBranchTree == autoMergeTree)
             {
                 Console.WriteLine("No changes to push into merge branch");
+                git.Checkout(gitHubConfig["mergeBranch"]);
             }
             else
             {