diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7f01b33..47019d4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ types: ## run mypy
 bump-version: ## update version and tag commit
 	@echo "bumping to version => $(VERSION)"
 	@sed -i 's/__version__ = ".*"/__version__ = "$(VERSION)"/g' src/viv/viv.py
+	@sed 's/--branch .* g/--branch $(VERSION) g/g' README.md
 	@git add src/viv/viv.py && git commit -m "chore: bump version"
 	@git tag v$(VERSION)
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f4a80f3..9803fd9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ By default it will symlink `./src/viv/viv.py` to `~/bin/viv`.
 You can set `PREFIX` to symlink to a different location.
 
 ```sh
-git clone git@github.com:daylinmorgan/viv.git ~/.viv
+git clone --depth 1 --branch v22.12a3 git@github.com:daylinmorgan/viv.git ~/.viv
 cd ~/.viv
 make install # or PREFIX=~/.local/bin make install
 ```