diff --git a/clone.go b/clone.go
index c2abbe5..1bc3261 100644
--- a/clone.go
+++ b/clone.go
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ func Clone(url string, path string, options *CloneOptions) (*Repository, error)
 }
 
 func populateCloneOptions(ptr *C.git_clone_options, opts *CloneOptions) {
-	ptr = &C.git_clone_options{}
 	C.git_clone_init_options(ptr, C.GIT_CLONE_OPTIONS_VERSION)
 
 	if opts == nil {
diff --git a/clone_test.go b/clone_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6145228
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clone_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package git
+
+import (
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestClone(t *testing.T) {
+
+	repo := createTestRepo(t)
+	seedTestRepo(t, repo)
+
+	path, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "git2go")
+	checkFatal(t, err)
+
+	_, err = Clone(repo.Path(), path, &CloneOptions{Bare: true})
+
+	checkFatal(t, err)
+}