diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 64cfc03..6ecebec 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ Example Playbook
       - django_domain: "im.example.com"
       - django_http_listen: "{{inventory_hostname}}"
       - django_admin_password: "test"
-      - django_app_releaseurl: "https://gitea.caret.be/jens/im/archive/main.tar.gz"
+      - django_app_gitrepo: "https://gitea.caret.be/jens/im.git"
+      - django_app_gitversion: "main"
 ```
 
 ```yaml
@@ -60,7 +61,8 @@ Example Playbook
       - django_http_port: 8000
       # needs to be a tar.gz for now
       # needs to have a settings_template.py.j2 file in the django_appname folder
-      - django_app_releaseurl: "https://gitea.caret.be/jens/im/archive/main.tar.gz"
+      - django_app_gitrepo: "https://gitea.caret.be/jens/im.git"
+      - django_app_gitversion: "v2.0"
       - django_admin_password: !vault |
           $ANSIBLE_VAULT;1.1;AES256
           33366337663233346138373232353438613362636634393334613935303466343238646361613037
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 81bf50d..0a6b559 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
       - 'python3-django'
       - 'curl'
       - 'tar'
+      - 'git'
       - 'python3-psycopg2'
       - 'python3-gunicorn'
       - 'python3-whitenoise'
@@ -23,14 +24,15 @@
     home: "{{ django_home }}"
     shell: "/bin/false"
 
-- name: 'download latest stable version of the app'
-  get_url:
-    dest: "{{ django_home }}/latest.tar.gz"
-    url: "{{ django_app_releaseurl }}"
+
+- name: Clone git repositories
+  git:
+    repo: "{{ django_app_gitrepo }}"
+    dest: "{{ django_home }}/{{ django_appname }}"
     owner: "{{ django_user }}"
     group: "{{ django_group }}"
     mode: '0400'
-    force: true
+    version: "{{ django_app_gitversion }}"
 
 - name: 'remove previous install stable'
   file: