diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5802eb5..b7c065f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1223,11 +1223,26 @@ checksum = "a80df2e11fb4a61f4ba2ab42dbe7f74468da143f1a75c74e11dee7c813f694fa"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "libc",
+ "libssh2-sys",
  "libz-sys",
  "openssl-sys",
  "pkg-config",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libssh2-sys"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2dc8a030b787e2119a731f1951d6a773e2280c660f8ec4b0f5e1505a386e71ee"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "libz-sys",
+ "openssl-sys",
+ "pkg-config",
+ "vcpkg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libz-sys"
 version = "1.1.9"
diff --git a/cuddle_cli/Cargo.toml b/cuddle_cli/Cargo.toml
index 0c46579..9dd8f91 100644
--- a/cuddle_cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cuddle_cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ walkdir = "2.3.2"
 git2 = { version = "0.17.2", default-features = false, features = [
   "vendored-libgit2",
   "vendored-openssl",
+  "ssh",
 ] }
 clap = { version = "4.3.4", features = ["env", "string"] }
 envconfig = "0.10.0"
diff --git a/cuddle_cli/src/context.rs b/cuddle_cli/src/context.rs
index 9db7df5..de551da 100644
--- a/cuddle_cli/src/context.rs
+++ b/cuddle_cli/src/context.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 use std::{
     env::{self, current_dir},
     ffi::OsStr,
+    io::Write,
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
     sync::{Arc, Mutex},
 };
 
-use git2::{build::RepoBuilder, FetchOptions, RemoteCallbacks};
+use git2::{
+    build::{CheckoutBuilder, RepoBuilder},
+    FetchOptions, RemoteCallbacks,
+};
 
 use crate::{
     config::{CuddleConfig, CuddleFetchPolicy},
@@ -128,8 +132,10 @@ fn pull_parent_cuddle_into_local(
     let mut fo = FetchOptions::new();
     fo.remote_callbacks(rc);
 
+    let co = CheckoutBuilder::new();
     RepoBuilder::new()
         .fetch_options(fo)
+        .with_checkout(co)
         .clone(&parent_cuddle, &destination)?;
 
     log::debug!(parent_cuddle=log::as_display!(parent_cuddle); "pulled repository");