diff --git a/modules/launch_utils.py b/modules/launch_utils.py
index 107c72b028a0778b544b244d962f1816501f1a88..ad04eb3628ec83ecfd9b30c63ca12c5f53b024d2 100644
--- a/modules/launch_utils.py
+++ b/modules/launch_utils.py
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ def git_clone(url, dir, name, commithash=None):
         return
 
     try:
-        run(f'"{git}" clone "{url}" "{dir}"', f"Cloning {name} into {dir}...", f"Couldn't clone {name}", live=True)
+        run(f'"{git}" clone --config core.filemode=false "{url}" "{dir}"', f"Cloning {name} into {dir}...", f"Couldn't clone {name}", live=True)
     except RuntimeError:
         shutil.rmtree(dir, ignore_errors=True)
         raise