diff --git a/apps/web/almond-cloud/Dockerfile b/apps/web/almond-cloud/Dockerfile
index 7747452..e291f78 100644
--- a/apps/web/almond-cloud/Dockerfile
+++ b/apps/web/almond-cloud/Dockerfile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ RUN sed -i 's@deb.debian.org@apt-cache.lan/deb.debian.org@g' /etc/apt/sources.li
   						sqlcipher gettext nodejs npm && \
     pip3 install tensorboardX && \
   	pip3 install 'git+https://github.com/stanford-oval/genienlp@0969c6ea74376b20982c0c8bea9a4732547b15cb#egg=genienlp' && \
-  	cd /opt; git clone https://github.com/stanford-oval/almond-cloud.git --branch ${VER} --single-branch
+  	cd /opt; git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/stanford-oval/almond-cloud.git --branch branch-${VER} ${VER}
   						
 #setup
 RUN useradd -ms /bin/bash -r almond-cloud && id almond-cloud