diff --git a/lib/homesick.rb b/lib/homesick.rb
index 04abfa3..7e453ee 100644
--- a/lib/homesick.rb
+++ b/lib/homesick.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class Homesick < Thor
     empty_directory repos_dir, :verbose => false
     inside repos_dir do
       if uri =~ GITHUB_NAME_REPO_PATTERN
-        git_clone "git://github.com/#{$1}/#{$2}.git", "#{$1}_#{$2}"
+        git_clone "git://github.com/#{$1}/#{$2}.git", :destination => "#{$1}_#{$2}"
       else
         git_clone uri
       end
diff --git a/lib/homesick/actions.rb b/lib/homesick/actions.rb
index ac2e385..2e1203e 100644
--- a/lib/homesick/actions.rb
+++ b/lib/homesick/actions.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class Homesick
 
       if ! destination.directory?
         say_status 'git clone', "#{repo} to #{destination.expand_path}", :green if config.fetch(:verbose, true)
-        system "git clone #{repo} #{destination}" unless options[:pretend]
+        system "git clone -q #{repo} #{destination}" unless options[:pretend]
       else
         say_status :exist, destination.expand_path, :blue
       end