diff --git a/README b/README
index bb4ddde39..ab02dfb25 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -56,13 +56,13 @@ You have to use the same password here and in BROKER_URL in local_settings.py
 
 1) Get code from git
     cd /srv/
-    git clone https://git.0x260.org/pandora.git pandora
+    git clone --depth 1 https://git.0x260.org/pandora.git pandora
     cd pandora
     virtualenv --system-site-packages .
     ./bin/pip install -r requirements.txt
 
     cd static
-    git clone https://git.0x2620.org/oxjs.git
+    git clone --depth 1 https://git.0x2620.org/oxjs.git
 
     cd /srv
     chown -R pandora.pandora pandora
diff --git a/update.py b/update.py
index b7d71d724..5d340195c 100755
--- a/update.py
+++ b/update.py
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
             if not os.path.exists('./static/oxjs/.git'):
                 if os.path.exists('static/oxjs'):
                     shutil.move('static/oxjs', 'static/oxjs_bzr')
-                run('git', 'clone', 'https://git.0x2620.org/oxjs.git', 'static/oxjs')
+                run('git', 'clone', '--depth', '1', 'https://git.0x2620.org/oxjs.git', 'static/oxjs')
                 run('./pandora/manage.py', 'update_static')
                 if os.path.exists('static/oxjs_bzr'):
                     shutil.rmtree('static/oxjs_bzr')
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
                     pandora_new_revno = revno
             else:
                 os.chdir(os.path.dirname(path))
-                cmd = ['git', 'clone', repos[repo]['url']]
+                cmd = ['git', 'clone', '--depth', '1', repos[repo]['url']]
                 run(*cmd)
                 if 'revision' in repos[repo]:
                     run_git(path, 'checkout', repos[repo]['commit'])
diff --git a/vm/pandora_install.sh b/vm/pandora_install.sh
index 9b7e82279..bc2b48dfc 100755
--- a/vm/pandora_install.sh
+++ b/vm/pandora_install.sh
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ rabbitmqctl add_vhost /pandora
 rabbitmqctl set_permissions -p /pandora pandora ".*" ".*" ".*"
 
 #pandora
-git clone https://git.0x2620.org/pandora.git /srv/pandora
-git clone https://git.0x2620.org/oxjs.git /srv/pandora/static/oxjs
+git clone --depth 1 https://git.0x2620.org/pandora.git /srv/pandora
+git clone --depth 1 https://git.0x2620.org/oxjs.git /srv/pandora/static/oxjs
 virtualenv --system-site-packages /srv/pandora
 cd /srv/pandora
 ./bin/pip install -r /srv/pandora/requirements.txt