diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 45f1cd03..59b3ff0d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION=v0.1.23
+VERSION=v0.1.24
 
 OUT_DIR=dist
 YEAR?=$(shell date +"%Y")
diff --git a/docs/releases/release_notes.md b/docs/releases/release_notes.md
index 7e18f4e7..53b98b18 100644
--- a/docs/releases/release_notes.md
+++ b/docs/releases/release_notes.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ cf version
 
 ```bash
 # download and extract the binary
-curl -L --output - https://github.com/codefresh-io/cli-v2/releases/download/v0.1.23/cf-linux-amd64.tar.gz | tar zx
+curl -L --output - https://github.com/codefresh-io/cli-v2/releases/download/v0.1.24/cf-linux-amd64.tar.gz | tar zx
 
 # move the binary to your $PATH
 mv ./cf-linux-amd64 /usr/local/bin/cf
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ cf version
 
 ```bash
 # download and extract the binary
-curl -L --output - https://github.com/codefresh-io/cli-v2/releases/download/v0.1.23/cf-darwin-amd64.tar.gz | tar zx
+curl -L --output - https://github.com/codefresh-io/cli-v2/releases/download/v0.1.24/cf-darwin-amd64.tar.gz | tar zx
 
 # move the binary to your $PATH
 mv ./cf-darwin-amd64 /usr/local/bin/cf
diff --git a/pkg/runtime/runtime.go b/pkg/runtime/runtime.go
index 726578dc..85feff0e 100644
--- a/pkg/runtime/runtime.go
+++ b/pkg/runtime/runtime.go
@@ -339,10 +339,13 @@ func (a *AppDef) CreateApp(ctx context.Context, f apkube.Factory, cloneOpts *apg
 	return util.Retry(ctx, &util.RetryOptions{
 		Func: func() error {
 			newCloneOpts := &apgit.CloneOptions{
-				FS:       apfs.Create(memfs.New()),
-				Repo:     cloneOpts.Repo,
-				Auth:     cloneOpts.Auth,
-				Progress: cloneOpts.Progress,
+				FS:               apfs.Create(memfs.New()),
+				Repo:             cloneOpts.Repo,
+				Auth:             cloneOpts.Auth,
+				Progress:         cloneOpts.Progress,
+				CreateIfNotExist: false,
+				CloneForWrite:    true,
+				UpsertBranch:     false,
 			}
 			newCloneOpts.Parse()