diff --git a/bin/initDesktop b/bin/initDesktop
index 125aa14..15d939e 100755
--- a/bin/initDesktop
+++ b/bin/initDesktop
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ set -aeo pipefail
 
 function new_log(){
     # script output
-    printf "[*] - $*\n"
+    echo "\n****  [$*]  ***"
 }
 
 function log(){
-    printf "     $*\n"
+    echo "$*"
 }
 
 function gnome_key_bindings(){
@@ -41,16 +41,15 @@ function setup_dotfiles(){
 
     log "adding remote repo ($DOTFILES_REMOTE)"
     $dotf remote add origin "$DOTFILES_REMOTE"
-    $dotf branch --set-upstream-to=origin/master master
-    $dotf pull.ff only
 
     if [[ -f "$HOME/.bachrc" ]];then
         log "renaming local .bashrc to .bashrc.bak"
         mv "$HOME/.bashrc" "$HOME/.bashrc.bak"
     fi
 
-    log "pulling dotfiles"
-    $dotf pull
+    log "fetching dotfiles"
+    $dotf fetch origin
+    $dotf checkout master
 }
 
 setup_dotfiles