diff --git a/install_helpers/install_ndntools.py b/install_helpers/install_ndntools.py
index cf49556..9147a2b 100644
--- a/install_helpers/install_ndntools.py
+++ b/install_helpers/install_ndntools.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 def run():
     print "\nINSTALLING ndn-tools"
     print "***********************"
-    os.system("git clone https://github.com/named-data/ndn-tools --depth 1")
+    os.system("git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/named-data/ndn-tools")
     os.chdir("ndn-tools")
     os.system("./waf distclean")
     os.system("./waf configure")