diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index b26284d..e134d9b 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 
 # work in progress
 id -u catask >/dev/null 2>&1 || sudo useradd -r -s /bin/false -m -d /etc/catask -U catask
-sudo git clone https://git.mst.k.vu/mst/catask /tmp/catask
-cd /tmp/catask
+# cloning branch dev for now because the installer doesn't exist in main branch yet
+git clone https://git.mst.k.vu/mst/catask ~/tmp/catask --branch dev
+cd ~/tmp/catask
 
 commit_short_hash=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 bold=$(tput bold)
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ echo "${bold}Installing required packages...${normal}"
 pip install -r requirements.txt
 
 # move to /etc/catask after installing packages
-sudo cp -r /tmp/catask/ /etc/catask/
+sudo cp -r ~/tmp/catask/ /etc/catask/
 
 echo
 echo "${bold}Configuring CatAsk...${normal}"