diff --git a/matrix/matrix-media-repo/source.nix b/matrix/matrix-media-repo/source.nix
index 76a588e..fd45823 100644
--- a/matrix/matrix-media-repo/source.nix
+++ b/matrix/matrix-media-repo/source.nix
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 fetchgit {
   url = "https://github.com/turt2live/matrix-media-repo";
   rev = "3184dbc7720fc103aaf4704be894eac69535e887";
-  sha256 = "1j6y7alr60mmj5h014qmpz9a5qjv8cm61andwdacb0dqjjbvsm0z";
+  sha256 = "1c1a9hbmq3zjrxfi84i3lwwjld0sn38f8rxwnvsbf8k6ii3jp6d6";
+  leaveDotGit = true;
 }
diff --git a/matrix/matrix-media-repo/update.sh b/matrix/matrix-media-repo/update.sh
index 5a34404..c02f9b2 100755
--- a/matrix/matrix-media-repo/update.sh
+++ b/matrix/matrix-media-repo/update.sh
@@ -14,15 +14,17 @@ function cleanup {
 trap cleanup EXIT
 
 echo "Fetching source code $REVISION from $URL"
-JSON=$(nix-prefetch-git --url "$URL" --rev "$REVISION"  2> $WORK_DIR/nix-prefetch-git.out)
+JSON=$(nix-prefetch-git --url "$URL" --rev "$REVISION" --leave-dotGit 2> $WORK_DIR/nix-prefetch-git.out)
 SHA=$(echo $JSON | jq -r .sha256)
 SOURCE_DIR=$(grep '^path is' $WORK_DIR/nix-prefetch-git.out | sed 's/^path is //')
 
 cat > source.nix << EOF
-{ fetchgit }: fetchgit { 
-    url = "$URL";
-    rev = "$REVISION";
-    sha256 = "$SHA";
+{fetchgit}:
+fetchgit { 
+  url = "$URL";
+  rev = "$REVISION";
+  sha256 = "$SHA";
+  leaveDotGit = true;
 }
 EOF