diff --git a/Handler/Shared.hs b/Handler/Shared.hs
index da4823f..205cc94 100644
--- a/Handler/Shared.hs
+++ b/Handler/Shared.hs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ module Handler.Shared where
 
 import Import
 
-import           Control.Concurrent     (forkIO, threadDelay)
 import           Control.Concurrent.STM
 import           Data.IntMap            (IntMap)
 import qualified Data.IntMap            as IntMap
@@ -14,11 +13,18 @@ import qualified Data.Text as T
 
 import Database.Persist.Sql (ConnectionPool, runSqlPool)
 
+import Control.Concurrent.Lifted (fork, threadDelay)
+
+import System.Process
+import System.Exit
+
+import qualified Data.ByteString as BS
+
 atom = Control.Concurrent.STM.atomically
 
 type Channel = TChan (Maybe Text)
 
-runViewProgress :: (Channel -> IO ()) -> Handler TypedContent
+runViewProgress :: (Channel -> Handler ()) -> Handler TypedContent
 runViewProgress action = do
   App {..} <- getYesod
   (jobId, chan) <- liftIO $ atom $ do
@@ -28,30 +34,34 @@ runViewProgress action = do
     m <- readTVar jobs
     writeTVar jobs $ IntMap.insert jobId chan m
     return (jobId, chan)
-  liftIO $ forkIO $ do
-    threadDelay 1000000
+  fork $ do
+    liftIO $ threadDelay 1000000
     action chan
-    atom $ do
+    liftIO $ atom $ do
       writeTChan chan $ Just "All done\n"
       writeTChan chan Nothing
       m <- readTVar jobs
       writeTVar jobs $ IntMap.delete jobId m
   redirect $ ViewProgressR jobId
 
-msg :: Channel -> Text -> IO ()
-msg chan m = atom $ writeTChan chan $ Just (m ++ "\n")
+msg :: Channel -> Text -> Handler ()
+msg chan m = liftIO $ atom $ writeTChan chan $ Just (m ++ "\n")
 
-err :: Channel -> Text -> IO ()
+err :: Channel -> Text -> Handler ()
 err = msg
 
-doSomething :: Channel -> IO ()
+raw :: Channel -> Text -> Handler ()
+raw = msg
+
+
+doSomething :: Channel -> Handler ()
 doSomething chan = do
   msg chan "Did something"
   threadDelay 1000000
   msg chan "Did something else"
   threadDelay 1000000
 
-doRepoCloning :: Text -> Text -> Channel -> IO ()
+doRepoCloning :: Text -> Text -> Channel -> Handler ()
 doRepoCloning url branch chan = do
   msg chan "Did something"
   _ <- cloneRepo url branch chan
@@ -63,9 +73,9 @@ validGitProtocols = ["git", "http", "https", "ssh"]
 validGitProtocolsAsText :: Text
 validGitProtocolsAsText = T.pack $ intercalate ", " $ map (++"://") validGitProtocols
 
-cloneRepo :: Text -> Text -> Channel -> IO (Maybe Repo)
+cloneRepo :: Text -> Text -> Channel -> Handler (Maybe Repo)
 cloneRepo url branch chan = do
-  let maybeRepo = Nothing
+  maybeRepo <- runDB $ getBy $ UniqueUrlBranch url branch
   case maybeRepo of
     Just _ -> do
       err chan "Repo already there"
@@ -73,7 +83,11 @@ cloneRepo url branch chan = do
     Nothing -> do
       msg chan $ concat ["Preparing to clone repo ", url]
       if checkRepoUrl url
-       then
+       then do
+        msg chan "Cloning..."
+        runProgram "/usr/bin/git" ["clone",
+                                   "--progress",
+                                   T.unpack url] chan
         return Nothing
        else do
         err chan $ concat ["Wrong URL to a Git repo (note that one of the following protocols must be specified: ", validGitProtocolsAsText]
@@ -105,3 +119,50 @@ getViewProgressR jobId = do
                             sendFlush
                             loop
             loop
+
+runProgram :: FilePath -> [String] -> Channel -> Handler ()
+runProgram programPath args chan = do
+  (exitCode, out, err) <- liftIO $ readProcessWithExitCode programPath args ""
+  raw chan $ T.pack err
+  raw chan $ T.pack out
+
+--  (_, Just hout, Just herr, pid) <-
+--       liftIO $ createProcess (proc programPath args){ std_out = CreatePipe, std_err = CreatePipe }
+
+--  outErr <- liftIO $ hGetContents herr
+--  let outErrLines = lines outErr
+--  mapM_ (raw chan) outErrLines
+--  (code, out) <- liftIO $ gatherOutput pid herr
+--  raw chan $ decodeUtf8 out
+--  _ <- liftIO $ waitForProcess pid
+--  return ()
+
+
+processOutput :: Text -> ([Text], Text)
+processOutput = processOutput' . lines
+                where processOutput' [] = ([], "")
+                      processOutput' out = (init out, last out)
+                      init [] = []
+                      init [x] = []
+                      init (x:xs) = (x:(init xs))
+                      last [x] = x
+                      last (_:xs) = last xs
+
+
+gatherOutput :: ProcessHandle -> Handle -> IO (ExitCode, ByteString)
+gatherOutput ph h = work mempty
+  where
+    work acc = do
+        -- Read any outstanding input.
+        bs <- BS.hGetNonBlocking h (64 * 1024)
+        let acc' = acc <> bs
+        -- Check on the process.
+        s <- getProcessExitCode ph
+        -- Exit or loop.
+        case s of
+            Nothing -> work acc'
+            Just ec -> do
+                -- Get any last bit written between the read and the status
+                -- check.
+                last <- BS.hGetContents h
+                return (ec, acc' <> last)
diff --git a/gonito.cabal b/gonito.cabal
index 7494357..f4707bd 100644
--- a/gonito.cabal
+++ b/gonito.cabal
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ library
                  , time
                  , stm
                  , network-uri
+                 , lifted-base
+                 , process
+
 
 executable         gonito
     if flag(library-only)