diff --git a/docker-images/i2b2/docker-entrypoint.sh b/docker-images/i2b2/docker-entrypoint.sh
index addc84d..b977759 100644
--- a/docker-images/i2b2/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker-images/i2b2/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,37 +1,35 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -Eeuo pipefail
 
 # wait for postgres to be available
 export PGPASSWORD="$I2B2_DB_PW"
 export PSQL_PARAMS="-v ON_ERROR_STOP=1 -h ${I2B2_DB_HOST} -p ${I2B2_DB_PORT} -U ${I2B2_DB_USER}"
 until psql $PSQL_PARAMS -d postgres -c '\q'; do
   >&2 echo "Waiting for postgresql..."
   sleep 1
 done
 
 # load initial data if database does not exist (credentials must be valid and have create database right)
 DB_CHECK=`psql $PSQL_PARAMS -d postgres -X -A -t -c "select count(*) from pg_database where datname = '${I2B2_DB_NAME}';"`
 if [ "$DB_CHECK" -ne "1" ]; then
 echo "Initialising i2b2 database"
     psql $PSQL_PARAMS -d postgres <<-EOSQL
         CREATE DATABASE ${I2B2_DB_NAME};
 EOSQL
 
     # get the i2b2 data
-    git init "$I2B2_DATA_DIR"
     pushd "$I2B2_DATA_DIR"
-    git remote add origin https://github.com/i2b2/i2b2-data.git
-    git pull --depth=1 origin $I2B2_DATA_VERSION
+    git clone --depth 1 --branch $I2B2_DATA_VERSION https://github.com/i2b2/i2b2-data.git .
     popd
 
     # run loading scripts
     for f in "$I2B2_SQL_DIR"/*.sh; do
         bash "$f"
     done
 fi
 
 # execute pre-init scripts & run wildfly
 for f in "$PRE_INIT_SCRIPT_DIR"/*.sh; do
     bash "$f"
 done
 exec /opt/jboss/wildfly/bin/standalone.sh -b 0.0.0.0 -bmanagement 0.0.0.0