diff --git a/concourse/tasks/sync-mirror-repo.sh b/concourse/tasks/sync-mirror-repo.sh
index 5e2a6689e..4cd2ffa48 100755
--- a/concourse/tasks/sync-mirror-repo.sh
+++ b/concourse/tasks/sync-mirror-repo.sh
@@ -11,10 +11,9 @@ cd $output
 
 echo "Syncing original repo $origin_url' and mirror repo '$mirror_repo'"
 
-git config user.email "aboyko@pivotal.io"
-git config user.name "Alex Boyko"
-
 git clone --mirror $origin_url original-repo
 cd original-repo
+git config user.email "aboyko@pivotal.io"
+git config user.name "Alex Boyko"
 git remote add sync $mirror_repo
 git push sync --all