diff --git a/new.go b/new.go
index b4acda4..56efc07 100644
--- a/new.go
+++ b/new.go
@@ -80,13 +80,17 @@ func guessPaths(path string) (string, string, string, bool, error) {
 		realpath = filepath.Join(goSrcDir, path)
 		isGoLang = true
 	}
+
+	if os.Getenv("REPO_AUTO_CLONE") == "true" {
+		clone(goSrcDir, path)
+	}
+
 	if !IsDirectory(realpath) {
 		log.Log(REPOWARN, "directory doesn't exist", realpath)
 		// directory doesn't exist. exit with nil and error nil
 		return path, realpath, goSrcDir, false, errors.New(realpath + " does not exist")
 	}
 
-	clone(goSrcDir, path)
 	filename := filepath.Join(realpath, ".git/config")
 
 	_, err = os.Open(filename)
@@ -110,6 +114,7 @@ func clone(wdir string, path string) {
 	}
 
 	base := filepath.Join(wdir, filepath.Dir(path))
+	os.MkdirAll(base, 0750)
 	shell.RunPath(base, []string{"git", "clone", "http://" + path})
 }