diff --git a/automated install/basic-install.sh b/automated install/basic-install.sh
index a0a98b68c2..c745281cbe 100755
--- a/automated install/basic-install.sh	
+++ b/automated install/basic-install.sh	
@@ -592,17 +592,21 @@ update_repo() {
     pushd "${directory}" &> /dev/null || return 1
     # Let the user know what's happening
     printf "  %b %s..." "${INFO}" "${str}"
+
     # Stash any local commits as they conflict with our working code
     git stash --all --quiet &> /dev/null || true # Okay for stash failure
     git clean --quiet --force -d || true # Okay for already clean directory
-    # Pull the latest commits
-    git pull --no-rebase --quiet &> /dev/null || return $?
+
     # Check current branch. If it is master, then reset to the latest available tag.
     # In case extra commits have been added after tagging/release (i.e in case of metadata updates/README.MD tweaks)
     curBranch=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
     if [[ "${curBranch}" == "master" ]]; then
         git reset --hard "$(git describe --abbrev=0 --tags)" || return $?
     fi
+
+    # Pull the latest commits
+    git pull --no-rebase --quiet &> /dev/null || return $?
+
     # Show a completion message
     printf "%b  %b %s\\n" "${OVER}" "${TICK}" "${str}"
     # Data in the repositories is public anyway so we can make it readable by everyone (+r to keep executable permission if already set by git)