diff --git a/clone.go b/clone.go
index 5d80002..6c0fecc 100644
--- a/clone.go
+++ b/clone.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 
 	"go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/gitpb"
 	"go.wit.com/log"
@@ -42,6 +43,21 @@ git bug user
 
 */
 
+// CleanRepoURL removes http://, https://, and .git suffix from the given URL if present.
+func CleanRepoURL(url string) string {
+	// Trim protocol prefix
+	if strings.HasPrefix(url, "http://") {
+		url = strings.TrimPrefix(url, "http://")
+	} else if strings.HasPrefix(url, "https://") {
+		url = strings.TrimPrefix(url, "https://")
+	}
+
+	// Trim trailing .git
+	url = strings.TrimSuffix(url, ".git")
+
+	return url
+}
+
 func clone(gopath string) (*gitpb.Repo, error) {
 	// if the user defined a repo, attempt to download it now
 	if gopath == "" {
@@ -49,6 +65,7 @@ func clone(gopath string) (*gitpb.Repo, error) {
 		// user probably wants to --recursive on current working dir
 		return nil, errors.New("gopath was blank")
 	}
+	gopath = CleanRepoURL(gopath)
 	os.Setenv("REPO_AUTO_CLONE", "true")
 	// pb, _ := forge.NewGoPath(gopath)
 	check := forge.FindAnyPath(filepath.Join(forge.GetGoSrc(), gopath))