diff --git a/functions b/functions
index c897f74..705b15d 100755
--- a/functions
+++ b/functions
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ source "$PLUGIN_CORE_AVAILABLE_PATH/common/functions"
 
 clone_main_cmd() {
   declare desc="creates/updates app from remote git repo"
-  declare APP="$2" GITURL="$3" TAGNAME="$4"
+  declare APP="$2" GITURL="$3" TAGNAME="${4:-master}"
   local cmd="$1"
   local APP_PATH=$DOKKU_ROOT/$APP
   local PRERECEIVE_HOOK="$APP_PATH/hooks/pre-receive"
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ clone_main_cmd() {
       git clone "$GITURL" .clone
     else
       dokku_log_info1 "Creating $APP from $GITURL $TAGNAME"
-      git clone --depth 1 -n -qq --branch "$TAGNAME" "$GITURL" .clone
+      git clone -n -qq "$GITURL" .clone
       cd .clone
-      git checkout -qq -b master
+      git checkout -qq "$TAGNAME"
       cd ..
     fi
     rsync -a "$DOKKU_ROOT/$APP/.clone/.git/" ./