diff --git a/replicate.sh b/replicate.sh
index c0f4dcf..6748d55 100755
--- a/replicate.sh
+++ b/replicate.sh
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ step_make_skeleton() {
 step_repo_clone() {
 	# Clone the dotfiles
 	log "Cloning repository into \"$tmpdir\""
-	git clone --recursive --depth 100 --separate-git-dir="$gitdir" "$repo" "$tmpdir" >> "$logfile" 2>&1
+	git clone --recursive --depth 50 --separate-git-dir="$gitdir" "$repo" "$tmpdir" >> "$logfile" 2>&1
 	error="$?"
 	if ! [ "$error" -eq "0" ]; then
 		log "Failed cloning repository \"$repo\": git returned $error" 2