diff --git a/git-cl b/git-cl
index 4c568f7b6..2d9ac3042 100755
--- a/git-cl
+++ b/git-cl
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # found in the LICENSE file.
 
 base_dir=$(dirname "$0")
-repo="$base_dir/git-cl-repo"
+repo="$base_dir/git_cl_repo"
 url="http://src.chromium.org/git/git-cl.git"
 cur_url=$(git config -f "$repo/.git/config" remote.origin.url)
 
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ fi
 
 if [ ! -f "$repo/git-cl" ]; then
   git clone $url $repo -q
-elif [ ! -e "$base_dir/git-cl-repo/.git" ]; then
-  echo "$0: $base_dir/git-cl-repo does not appear to be a git repo"
+elif [ ! -e "$repo/.git" ]; then
+  echo "$0: $repo does not appear to be a git repo"
 elif [ "X$DEPOT_TOOLS_UPDATE" != "X0" ]; then
-  (cd "$base_dir/git-cl-repo"; git pull -q)
+  (cd "$repo"; git pull -q)
 fi
 
 $repo/git-cl "$@"