diff --git a/git/git_client.cpp b/git/git_client.cpp
index 2709df7..2f95643 100644
--- a/git/git_client.cpp
+++ b/git/git_client.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,11 @@ bool GitClient::gitCloneCustomerRepository() {
 
         Note: git v2.18 does not support treeless clones: --filter=tree:0.
      */
-    QString gitCommand("git clone --filter=blob:none ");
+
+    // Note: for some reason it is necessary to pass "--progress ---v",
+    // otherwise QProcess returns an error of 128 = 0x80 for the command.
+
+    QString gitCommand("git clone --progress -vvv --filter=blob:none ");
     gitCommand += m_repositoryPath;
     Command c(gitCommand);
 
@@ -79,26 +83,32 @@ bool GitClient::gitCloneCustomerRepository() {
         QString const result = c.getCommandResult();
         if (!result.isEmpty()) {
             // Cloning into 'customer_281'...\n
-            static QRegularExpression re("(^\\s*Cloning\\s+into\\s+[']\\s*)(.*)(\\s*['].*$)");
-            QRegularExpressionMatch match = re.match(result);
-            if (match.hasMatch()) {
-                if (re.captureCount() == 3) { // start with full match (0), then the other 3 matches
-                    QString const &customerNr = match.captured(2).trimmed();
-                    if (customerNr == m_customerNr) {
-                        qInfo() << "CLONING" << m_repositoryPath << "OK";
-                        return true;
+            int customer = -1;
+            int cloning = result.indexOf("Cloning", 0, Qt::CaseInsensitive);
+            if (cloning != -1) {
+                customer = result.indexOf("customer_", cloning, Qt::CaseInsensitive);
+                if (customer != -1) {
+                    QString customerNr = result.mid(customer);
+                    static constexpr char const ch = '\'';
+                    int i = customerNr.indexOf(QChar(ch));
+                    if (i != -1) {
+                        if ((customerNr = customerNr.mid(0, i)) == m_customerNr) {
+                            qInfo() << "CLONING" << m_repositoryPath << "OK";
+                            return true;
+                        }
+                        Utils::printCriticalErrorMsg(
+                            QString("ERROR CLONE RESULT HAS WRONG CUSTOMER-NR. (%1 != %2) CLONE_RESULT=%3")
+                                .arg(customerNr)
+                                .arg(m_customerNr)
+                                .arg(result));
+                        return false;
                     }
-                    Utils::printCriticalErrorMsg(
-                        QString("ERROR CLONE RESULT HAS WRONG CUSTOMER-NR. rcc=%1 customer=%2 CLONE_RESULT=%3")
-                            .arg(re.captureCount())
-                            .arg(customerNr)
-                            .arg(result));
-                    return false;
                 }
             }
             Utils::printCriticalErrorMsg(
-                QString("ERROR CLONE RESULT HAS WRONG FORMAT. rcc=%1 CLONE_RESULT=%2")
-                    .arg(re.captureCount())
+                QString("ERROR CLONE RESULT HAS WRONG FORMAT. CLONING=%1 CUSTOMER=%2 CLONE_RESULT=%3")
+                    .arg(cloning)
+                    .arg(customer)
                     .arg(result));
             return false;
         }