diff --git a/install-nimbus-nethermind.sh b/install-nimbus-nethermind.sh
index ab42ef7..5b66cc3 100755
--- a/install-nimbus-nethermind.sh
+++ b/install-nimbus-nethermind.sh
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ linux_update_pip() {
 linux_install_validator-install() {
     ohai "Cloning ethpillar into ~/git/ethpillar"
     mkdir -p ~/git/ethpillar
-    git clone https://github.com/coincashew/ethpillar.git ~/git/ethpillar 2> /dev/null || (cd ~/git/ethpillar ; git fetch origin master ; git checkout master ; git pull)
+    git clone https://github.com/coincashew/ethpillar.git ~/git/ethpillar 2> /dev/null || (cd ~/git/ethpillar ; git fetch origin main ; git checkout main ; git pull)
     ohai "Installing validator-install"
     $python ~/git/ethpillar/deploy-nimbus-nethermind.py
     ohai "Allowing user to view journalctl logs"
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 7470da7..fb7bddc 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ linux_install_pre() {
 linux_install_installer() {
     ohai "Cloning ethpillar into ~/git/ethpillar"
     mkdir -p ~/git/ethpillar
-    git clone https://github.com/coincashew/ethpillar.git ~/git/ethpillar/ 2> /dev/null || (cd ~/git/ethpillar ; git fetch origin main ; git checkout main ; git pull --ff-only ; git reset --hard)
+    git clone https://github.com/coincashew/ethpillar.git ~/git/ethpillar/ 2> /dev/null || (cd ~/git/ethpillar ; git fetch origin main ; git checkout main ; git pull)
     chmod +x ~/git/ethpillar/*.sh
     ohai "Installing ethpillar"
     if [ -f /usr/local/bin/ethpillar ]; then