diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8000dd9..15d7ec1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 .vagrant
+getumbrel
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 06a9cbe..8790579 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
   # Install Umbrel
   config.vm.provision "shell", inline: <<-SHELL
     apt-get install -y git
-    git clone https://github.com/getumbrel/umbrel.git
-    cd umbrel
+    cd /vagrant/getumbrel/umbrel
     REGTEST=1 ./configure-box.sh
     sudo chown -R 1000:1000 lnd/ bitcoin/
     sed -i 's/umbrel.local/#{config.vm.hostname}.local/g' docker-compose.yml
diff --git a/umbrel-dev b/umbrel-dev
index f96e47a..d033a32 100755
--- a/umbrel-dev
+++ b/umbrel-dev
@@ -21,8 +21,20 @@ Commands:
 EOF
 }
 
+# Initialize an Umbrel development environment in the working directory
+init() {
+  mkdir getumbrel
+  git clone https://github.com/getumbrel/umbrel.git getumbrel/umbrel
+}
+
 # Show help text if no args set or help is called
 if [[ -z ${1+x} ]] || [[ "$1" = "help" ]]; then
   show_help
   exit 1
 fi
+
+# Init
+if [[ "$1" = "init" ]]; then
+  init
+  exit
+fi