diff --git a/cli/skylab_utils.py b/cli/skylab_utils.py
index 60a3dfd..0b5de24 100644
--- a/cli/skylab_utils.py
+++ b/cli/skylab_utils.py
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
             self.git_repo.pull()
         else:
             logging.info('No inventory repo was found, start cloning.')
-            self.git_repo.clone()
+            self.git_repo.clone(shallow=True)
 
 
     def get_data_dir(self, data_subdir='skylab'):