diff --git a/src/yunohost/app.py b/src/yunohost/app.py
index 82bda03cd..3925a86db 100644
--- a/src/yunohost/app.py
+++ b/src/yunohost/app.py
@@ -1907,7 +1907,7 @@ def _fetch_app_from_git(app):
                 # we will be able to use it. Without this option all the history
                 # of the submodules repo is downloaded.
                 subprocess.check_call([
-                    'git', 'clone', '--depth=1', '--recursive', url,
+                    'git', 'clone', '-b',  branch, '--single-branch', '--recursive', '--depth=1', url,
                     extracted_app_folder])
                 subprocess.check_call([
                     'git', 'reset', '--hard', branch