diff --git a/ctl b/ctl
index 0ef393d..1b89933 100755
--- a/ctl
+++ b/ctl
@@ -157,10 +157,10 @@ if [ "$1" == "ui" ]; then
 fi
 if [ "$1" == "init" ]; then
     if [ ! -e "${BASE}/platform" ]; then
-        git clone https://git.0x2620.org/openmedialibrary_platform.git "${BASE}/platform"
+        git clone --depth 1 https://git.0x2620.org/openmedialibrary_platform.git "${BASE}/platform"
     fi
     if [ ! -e "${PLATFORM_ENV}" ]; then
-        git clone https://git.0x2620.org/openmedialibrary_platform_${PLATFORM}.git "${PLATFORM_ENV}"
+        git clone --depth 1 https://git.0x2620.org/openmedialibrary_platform_${PLATFORM}.git "${PLATFORM_ENV}"
     fi
     "$0" update_static
     exit
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ fi
 if [ "$1" == "update" ]; then
     cd "$BASE/$NAME"
     if [ ! -e "${PLATFORM_ENV}" ]; then
-        git clone https://git.0x2620.org/openmedialibrary_platform_${PLATFORM}.git "${PLATFORM_ENV}"
+        git clone --depth 1 https://git.0x2620.org/openmedialibrary_platform_${PLATFORM}.git "${PLATFORM_ENV}"
     fi
     if [ -d "$BASE/$NAME/.git" ]; then
         OLD=`"$0" version`
diff --git a/oml/commands.py b/oml/commands.py
index 91da8be..53f5ff1 100644
--- a/oml/commands.py
+++ b/oml/commands.py
@@ -151,14 +151,14 @@ def command_update_static(*args):
     if os.path.exists(old_oxjs) and not os.path.exists(oxjs):
         shutil.move(old_oxjs, oxjs)
     if not os.path.exists(oxjs):
-        r('git', 'clone', 'https://git.0x2620.org/oxjs.git', oxjs)
+        r('git', 'clone', '--depth', '1', 'https://git.0x2620.org/oxjs.git', oxjs)
     elif os.path.exists(os.path.join(oxjs, '.git')):
         os.system('cd "%s" && git pull' % oxjs)
     r('python3', os.path.join(oxjs, 'tools', 'build', 'build.py'), '-nogeo')
     utils.update_static()
     reader = os.path.join(settings.base_dir, '..', 'reader')
     if not os.path.exists(reader):
-        r('git', 'clone', 'https://git.0x2620.org/openmedialibrary_reader.git', reader)
+        r('git', 'clone', '--depth', '1', 'https://git.0x2620.org/openmedialibrary_reader.git', reader)
     elif os.path.exists(os.path.join(reader, '.git')):
         os.system('cd "%s" && git pull' % reader)