diff --git a/plugins/git/internal-functions b/plugins/git/internal-functions
index b67bc850d..1e0b9ea97 100755
--- a/plugins/git/internal-functions
+++ b/plugins/git/internal-functions
@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@ fn-git-clone() {
 
   rsync -a "$APP_CLONE_ROOT/.git/" "$APP_ROOT"
   fn-git-create-hook "$APP"
+  fn-git-cmd "$APP_CLONE_ROOT" config --add core.bare true
 }
 
 fn-git-cmd() {
@@ -459,6 +460,8 @@ fn-git-fetch() {
     GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT=0 fn-git-cmd "$APP_ROOT" fetch --update-head-ok remote
     fn-git-cmd "$APP_ROOT" update-ref "refs/heads/$DOKKU_DEPLOY_BRANCH" "$GIT_REF"
   fi
+
+  fn-git-cmd "$APP_CLONE_ROOT" config --add core.bare true
 }
 
 fn-git-last-updated-at() {