diff --git a/api b/api
index 652f60d862..9ee77ca1fa 100755
--- a/api
+++ b/api
@@ -3039,16 +3039,19 @@ Please reboot to load the new kernel, then try again."
 git_clone() { #silently clone a git repository but display the output if an error occurs
   # $1 is repo
   local IFS=' '
+  local arg
+  local repo_name=''
   for arg in "$@"; do
     if [[ "$arg" == *'://'* ]];then
-      url="$arg"
+      local url="$arg"
+      repo_name=$(basename "$url" | sed s/.git//g)
+    elif [ ! -z "$repo_name" ] && [[ "$arg" != -* ]];then #repo_name already set, so this arg is after the url to specify the download folder name
+      repo_name="$arg"
     fi
   done
   
   [ -z "$url" ] && error "git_clone(): no repository URL specified."
   
-  local repo_name=$(basename "$url" | sed s/.git//g)
-  
   local folder="$(pwd)/$repo_name"
   
   status -n "Downloading $repo_name repository... "