diff --git a/deploy b/deploy
index be3e3865..ffe204fa 100755
--- a/deploy
+++ b/deploy
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ HOST=${1:-${HOST:-$(hostname)}}
 
 DOTFILES="/home/$USER/.dotfiles"
 if [ ! -d /etc/dotfiles ]; then
-  git clone https://github.com/hlissner/dotfiles "$DOTFILES"
+  git clone -b nixos https://github.com/hlissner/dotfiles "$DOTFILES"
   chown -R $USER:users "$DOTFILES"
 fi
 ln -sf "$DOTFILES" /etc/dotfiles