diff --git a/cloud-config.txt b/cloud-config.txt
index acd6083..42bed01 100644
--- a/cloud-config.txt
+++ b/cloud-config.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ runcmd:
 - mkdir -p /opt/cni/bin
 - curl -sSL https://github.com/containernetworking/plugins/releases/download/v0.8.5/cni-plugins-linux-amd64-v0.8.5.tgz | tar -xz -C /opt/cni/bin
 - mkdir -p /go/src/github.com/openfaas/
-- cd /go/src/github.com/openfaas/ && git clone https://github.com/openfaas/faasd && git checkout 0.9.5
+- cd /go/src/github.com/openfaas/ && git clone --depth 1 --branch 0.9.5 https://github.com/openfaas/faasd
 - curl -fSLs "https://github.com/openfaas/faasd/releases/download/0.9.5/faasd" --output "/usr/local/bin/faasd" && chmod a+x "/usr/local/bin/faasd"
 - cd /go/src/github.com/openfaas/faasd/ && /usr/local/bin/faasd install
 - systemctl status -l containerd --no-pager