diff --git a/tools/install.sh b/tools/install.sh
index 3f4de868..104a6e63 100755
--- a/tools/install.sh
+++ b/tools/install.sh
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ main() {
       exit 1
     fi
   fi
-  env git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh.git $ZSH || {
+  # if running from the git repo use git's origin
+  [-d .git]&& env git clone --depth=1 origin master || env git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh.git $ZSH || {
     printf "Error: git clone of oh-my-zsh repo failed\n"
     exit 1
   }