diff --git a/SourceGit/Git/Repository.cs b/SourceGit/Git/Repository.cs
index b52f0b40..cef88973 100644
--- a/SourceGit/Git/Repository.cs
+++ b/SourceGit/Git/Repository.cs
@@ -430,7 +430,14 @@ namespace SourceGit.Git {
         /// <param name="onProgress"></param>
         /// <returns></returns>
         public static Repository Clone(string url, string folder, string rName, string lName, Action<string> onProgress) {
-            var errs = RunCommand(folder, $"-c credential.helper=manager clone --progress --verbose --origin {rName} --recurse-submodules {url} {lName}", line => {
+            string RemoteName;
+            if (rName != null) {
+                RemoteName = $" --origin {rName}";
+            } else {
+                RemoteName = null;
+            }
+
+            var errs = RunCommand(folder, $"-c credential.helper=manager clone --progress --verbose {RemoteName} --recurse-submodules {url} {lName}", line => {
                 if (line != null) onProgress?.Invoke(line);
             }, true);
 
diff --git a/SourceGit/UI/Clone.xaml.cs b/SourceGit/UI/Clone.xaml.cs
index ef82134b..957f828b 100644
--- a/SourceGit/UI/Clone.xaml.cs
+++ b/SourceGit/UI/Clone.xaml.cs
@@ -87,11 +87,7 @@ namespace SourceGit.UI {
             string rName;
             if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(RemoteName))
             {
-                var from = RemoteUri.LastIndexOfAny(new char[] { '\\', '/' });
-                if (from <= 0) return;
-
-                var name = RemoteUri.Substring(from + 1);
-                rName = name.Replace(".git", "");
+                rName = null;
             }
             else
             {