diff --git a/pkg/git/service.go b/pkg/git/service.go
index 0b4aa29345..1c66db81ab 100644
--- a/pkg/git/service.go
+++ b/pkg/git/service.go
@@ -100,18 +100,19 @@ func (s *Service) CloneRepository(repo *gitprovider.GitRepository, auth *http.Ba
 }
 
 func (s *Service) CloneRepositoryCmd(repo *gitprovider.GitRepository, auth *http.BasicAuth) []string {
-	branch := fmt.Sprintf("\"%s\"", repo.Branch)
-	cloneCmd := []string{"git", "clone", "--single-branch", "--branch", branch}
+	cloneCmd := []string{"git", "clone", "--single-branch", "--branch", fmt.Sprintf("\"%s\"", repo.Branch)}
+	cloneUrl := repo.Url
+
+	// Default to https protocol if not specified
+	if !strings.Contains(cloneUrl, "://") {
+		cloneUrl = fmt.Sprintf("https://%s", cloneUrl)
+	}
 
 	if auth != nil {
-		repoUrl := strings.TrimPrefix(repo.Url, "https://")
-		repoUrl = strings.TrimPrefix(repoUrl, "http://")
-		cloneCmd = append(cloneCmd, fmt.Sprintf("https://%s:%s@%s", auth.Username, auth.Password, repoUrl))
-	} else {
-		cloneCmd = append(cloneCmd, repo.Url)
+		cloneUrl = fmt.Sprintf("%s://%s:%s@%s", strings.Split(cloneUrl, "://")[0], auth.Username, auth.Password, strings.SplitN(cloneUrl, "://", 2)[1])
 	}
 
-	cloneCmd = append(cloneCmd, s.ProjectDir)
+	cloneCmd = append(cloneCmd, cloneUrl, s.ProjectDir)
 
 	if repo.Target == gitprovider.CloneTargetCommit {
 		cloneCmd = append(cloneCmd, "&&", "cd", s.ProjectDir)
diff --git a/pkg/git/service_test.go b/pkg/git/service_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f1d7ad4b26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/git/service_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+// Copyright 2024 Daytona Platforms Inc.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package git_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/daytonaio/daytona/pkg/git"
+	"github.com/daytonaio/daytona/pkg/gitprovider"
+	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing/transport/http"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
+)
+
+var repoHttp = &gitprovider.GitRepository{
+	Id:     "123",
+	Url:    "http://localhost:3000/daytonaio/daytona",
+	Name:   "daytona",
+	Branch: "main",
+	Target: gitprovider.CloneTargetBranch,
+}
+
+var repoHttps = &gitprovider.GitRepository{
+	Id:     "123",
+	Url:    "https://github.com/daytonaio/daytona",
+	Name:   "daytona",
+	Branch: "main",
+	Target: gitprovider.CloneTargetBranch,
+}
+
+var repoWithoutProtocol = &gitprovider.GitRepository{
+	Id:     "123",
+	Url:    "github.com/daytonaio/daytona",
+	Name:   "daytona",
+	Branch: "main",
+	Target: gitprovider.CloneTargetBranch,
+}
+
+var repoWithCloneTargetCommit = &gitprovider.GitRepository{
+	Id:     "123",
+	Url:    "https://github.com/daytonaio/daytona",
+	Name:   "daytona",
+	Branch: "main",
+	Sha:    "1234567890",
+	Target: gitprovider.CloneTargetCommit,
+}
+
+var creds = &http.BasicAuth{
+	Username: "daytonaio",
+	Password: "Daytona123",
+}
+
+type GitServiceTestSuite struct {
+	suite.Suite
+	gitService git.IGitService
+}
+
+func NewGitServiceTestSuite() *GitServiceTestSuite {
+	return &GitServiceTestSuite{}
+}
+
+func (s *GitServiceTestSuite) SetupTest() {
+	s.gitService = &git.Service{
+		ProjectDir: "/workdir",
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGitService(t *testing.T) {
+	suite.Run(t, NewGitServiceTestSuite())
+}
+
+func (s *GitServiceTestSuite) TestCloneRepositoryCmd_WithCreds() {
+	cloneCmd := s.gitService.CloneRepositoryCmd(repoHttps, creds)
+	s.Require().Equal([]string{"git", "clone", "--single-branch", "--branch", "\"main\"", "https://daytonaio:Daytona123@github.com/daytonaio/daytona", "/workdir"}, cloneCmd)
+
+	cloneCmd = s.gitService.CloneRepositoryCmd(repoHttp, creds)
+	s.Require().Equal([]string{"git", "clone", "--single-branch", "--branch", "\"main\"", "http://daytonaio:Daytona123@localhost:3000/daytonaio/daytona", "/workdir"}, cloneCmd)
+
+	cloneCmd = s.gitService.CloneRepositoryCmd(repoWithoutProtocol, creds)
+	s.Require().Equal([]string{"git", "clone", "--single-branch", "--branch", "\"main\"", "https://daytonaio:Daytona123@github.com/daytonaio/daytona", "/workdir"}, cloneCmd)
+
+	cloneCmd = s.gitService.CloneRepositoryCmd(repoWithCloneTargetCommit, creds)
+	s.Require().Equal([]string{"git", "clone", "--single-branch", "--branch", "\"main\"", "https://daytonaio:Daytona123@github.com/daytonaio/daytona", "/workdir", "&&", "cd", "/workdir", "&&", "git", "checkout", "1234567890"}, cloneCmd)
+}
+
+func (s *GitServiceTestSuite) TestCloneRepositoryCmd_WithoutCreds() {
+	cloneCmd := s.gitService.CloneRepositoryCmd(repoHttps, nil)
+	s.Require().Equal([]string{"git", "clone", "--single-branch", "--branch", "\"main\"", "https://github.com/daytonaio/daytona", "/workdir"}, cloneCmd)
+
+	cloneCmd = s.gitService.CloneRepositoryCmd(repoHttp, nil)
+	s.Require().Equal([]string{"git", "clone", "--single-branch", "--branch", "\"main\"", "http://localhost:3000/daytonaio/daytona", "/workdir"}, cloneCmd)
+
+	cloneCmd = s.gitService.CloneRepositoryCmd(repoWithoutProtocol, nil)
+	s.Require().Equal([]string{"git", "clone", "--single-branch", "--branch", "\"main\"", "https://github.com/daytonaio/daytona", "/workdir"}, cloneCmd)
+
+	cloneCmd = s.gitService.CloneRepositoryCmd(repoWithCloneTargetCommit, nil)
+	s.Require().Equal([]string{"git", "clone", "--single-branch", "--branch", "\"main\"", "https://github.com/daytonaio/daytona", "/workdir", "&&", "cd", "/workdir", "&&", "git", "checkout", "1234567890"}, cloneCmd)
+}