diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7cf2a2a6..a707ba70 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 *.o
 tests/data_*.js
 utils/rebind.so
+utils/websockify
 node_modules
diff --git a/utils/launch.sh b/utils/launch.sh
index 1492bf99..ab9a6efe 100755
--- a/utils/launch.sh
+++ b/utils/launch.sh
@@ -118,8 +118,7 @@ else
     if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
         echo "No installed websockify, attempting to clone websockify..."
         WEBSOCKIFY=${HERE}/websockify/run
-        git clone https://github.com/kanaka/websockify
-        git update-index --assume-unchanged websockify
+        git clone https://github.com/kanaka/websockify ${HERE}/websockify
 
         if [[ ! -e $WEBSOCKIFY ]]; then
             echo "Unable to locate ${HERE}/websockify/run after downloading"