diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7a0dc62..1fcddde 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ name = "cc"
 version = "1.0.79"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "50d30906286121d95be3d479533b458f87493b30a4b5f79a607db8f5d11aa91f"
+dependencies = [
+ "jobserver",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-expr"
@@ -497,6 +500,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "git2"
+version = "0.17.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7b989d6a7ca95a362cf2cfc5ad688b3a467be1f87e480b8dad07fee8c79b0044"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "libc",
+ "libgit2-sys",
+ "log",
+ "openssl-probe",
+ "openssl-sys",
+ "url",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "glib"
 version = "0.17.10"
@@ -843,6 +861,15 @@ version = "1.0.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "62b02a5381cc465bd3041d84623d0fa3b66738b52b8e2fc3bab8ad63ab032f4a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "jobserver"
+version = "0.1.26"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "936cfd212a0155903bcbc060e316fb6cc7cbf2e1907329391ebadc1fe0ce77c2"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "js-sys"
 version = "0.3.64"
@@ -897,6 +924,34 @@ version = "0.2.147"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b4668fb0ea861c1df094127ac5f1da3409a82116a4ba74fca2e58ef927159bb3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libgit2-sys"
+version = "0.15.2+1.6.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a80df2e11fb4a61f4ba2ab42dbe7f74468da143f1a75c74e11dee7c813f694fa"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "libssh2-sys",
+ "libz-sys",
+ "openssl-sys",
+ "pkg-config",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "libssh2-sys"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2dc8a030b787e2119a731f1951d6a773e2280c660f8ec4b0f5e1505a386e71ee"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "libz-sys",
+ "openssl-sys",
+ "pkg-config",
+ "vcpkg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libusb"
 version = "0.3.0"
@@ -918,6 +973,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "pkg-config",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libz-sys"
+version = "1.1.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d97137b25e321a73eef1418d1d5d2eda4d77e12813f8e6dead84bc52c5870a7b"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "pkg-config",
+ "vcpkg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "linux-raw-sys"
 version = "0.3.8"
@@ -1471,6 +1538,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "gettext-rs",
+ "git2",
  "gtk4",
  "libusb",
  "nix",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 910200d..ad18ef1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ anyhow = "1.0.71"
 gettext-rs = { version = "0.7.0", features = [
     "gettext-system"
 ] }
+git2 = "0.17.2"
 gtk4 = { version = "0.6.6", features = [
     "v4_10",
 ] }
diff --git a/src/build_tools/git.rs b/src/build_tools/git.rs
index cbc0844..75624f0 100644
--- a/src/build_tools/git.rs
+++ b/src/build_tools/git.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-use std::path::Path;
-
 use crate::{profile::Profile, runner::Runner};
+use git2::Repository;
+use std::path::Path;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct Git {
@@ -36,7 +36,22 @@ impl Git {
         )
     }
 
+    fn override_remote_url(&self) -> Result<(), git2::Error> {
+        if let Ok(repo) = Repository::open(&self.dir) {
+            let current_remote_url = self.get_repo();
+            let remote = repo
+                .find_remote("origin")?;
+            if remote.url().unwrap_or("") != current_remote_url {
+                repo.remote_set_url("origin", &current_remote_url)?;
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     pub fn get_pull_runner(&self) -> Runner {
+        if self.override_remote_url().is_err() {
+            println!("Warning: failed to override git repo remote URL!")
+        }
         Runner::new(
             None,
             "git".into(),