diff --git a/scripts/repo_reset.sh b/scripts/repo_reset.sh
index 235b64705..6a3feaeaa 100755
--- a/scripts/repo_reset.sh
+++ b/scripts/repo_reset.sh
@@ -3,11 +3,14 @@ pentoo_repo=$(portageq get_repo_path / pentoo)
 #this is a safety check to make sure we aren't force resetting a dev's environment
 if ! grep 'git@github.com:pentoo/pentoo-overlay.git' "${pentoo_repo}/.git/config"; then
   if cd "${pentoo_repo}"; then
-    #should probably add some "is this needed?" detection in here
     git reset --hard origin
     git clean -fd
     git clean -fx
   fi
+  #we don't set shallow by default anymore, but if it was installed shallow it stays that way
+  if [ -f "${pentoo_repo}/.git/shallow" ]; then
+      git fetch --fatten
+  fi
 else
   printf "Not hard resetting git on developer machine\n"
 fi