diff --git a/bench/commands/make.py b/bench/commands/make.py
index 10c3b67a..744f961c 100755
--- a/bench/commands/make.py
+++ b/bench/commands/make.py
@@ -8,13 +8,14 @@ import click
 @click.option('--frappe-path', default=None, help="path to frappe repo")
 @click.option('--frappe-branch', default=None, help="path to frappe repo")
 @click.option('--clone-from', default=None, help="copy repos from path")
+@click.option('--clone-without-update', is_flag=True, help="copy repos from path without update")
 @click.option('--no-procfile', is_flag=True, help="Pull changes in all the apps in bench")
 @click.option('--no-backups',is_flag=True, help="Run migrations for all sites in the bench")
 @click.option('--no-auto-update',is_flag=True, help="Build JS and CSS artifacts for the bench")
 @click.option('--skip-redis-config-generation', is_flag=True, help="Skip redis config generation if already specifying the common-site-config file")
 @click.option('--verbose',is_flag=True, help="Verbose output during install")
 def init(path, apps_path, frappe_path, frappe_branch, no_procfile, no_backups,
-		no_auto_update, clone_from, verbose, skip_redis_config_generation,
+		no_auto_update, clone_from, verbose, skip_redis_config_generation, clone_without_update,
 		ignore_exist = False,
 		python 		 = 'python'): # Let's change we're ready. - <achilles@frappe.io>
 	'''
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ def init(path, apps_path, frappe_path, frappe_branch, no_procfile, no_backups,
 	init(path, apps_path=apps_path, no_procfile=no_procfile, no_backups=no_backups,
 			no_auto_update=no_auto_update, frappe_path=frappe_path, frappe_branch=frappe_branch,
 			verbose=verbose, clone_from=clone_from, skip_redis_config_generation=skip_redis_config_generation,
+			clone_without_update=clone_without_update,
 			ignore_exist = ignore_exist,
 			python 		 = python)
 	click.echo('Bench {} initialized'.format(path))
diff --git a/bench/utils.py b/bench/utils.py
index a9f96229..5ca1395e 100755
--- a/bench/utils.py
+++ b/bench/utils.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ def get_env_cmd(cmd, bench_path='.'):
 def init(path, apps_path=None, no_procfile=False, no_backups=False,
 		no_auto_update=False, frappe_path=None, frappe_branch=None, wheel_cache_dir=None,
 		verbose=False, clone_from=None, skip_redis_config_generation=False,
+		clone_without_update=False,
 		ignore_exist = False,
 		python		 = 'python'): # Let's change when we're ready. - <achilles@frappe.io>
 	from .app import get_app, install_apps_from_path
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ def init(path, apps_path=None, no_procfile=False, no_backups=False,
 		try:
 			os.makedirs(os.path.join(path, dirname))
 		except OSError as e:
-			if e.errno != os.errno.EEXIST:
+			if e.errno == os.errno.EEXIST:
 				pass
 
 	setup_logging()
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ def init(path, apps_path=None, no_procfile=False, no_backups=False,
 	make_config(path)
 
 	if clone_from:
-		clone_apps_from(bench_path=path, clone_from=clone_from)
+		clone_apps_from(bench_path=path, clone_from=clone_from, update_app=not clone_without_update)
 	else:
 		if not frappe_path:
 			frappe_path = 'https://github.com/frappe/frappe.git'
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ def init(path, apps_path=None, no_procfile=False, no_backups=False,
 	if not no_auto_update:
 		setup_auto_update(bench_path=path)
 
-def clone_apps_from(bench_path, clone_from):
+def clone_apps_from(bench_path, clone_from, update_app=True):
 	from .app import install_app
 	print('Copying apps from {0}...'.format(clone_from))
 	subprocess.check_output(['cp', '-R', os.path.join(clone_from, 'apps'), bench_path])
@@ -107,22 +108,22 @@ def clone_apps_from(bench_path, clone_from):
 	def setup_app(app):
 		# run git reset --hard in each branch, pull latest updates and install_app
 		app_path = os.path.join(bench_path, 'apps', app)
-		if os.path.exists(os.path.join(app_path, '.git')):
-			print('Cleaning up {0}'.format(app))
 
-			# remove .egg-ino
-			subprocess.check_output(['rm', '-rf', app + '.egg-info'], cwd=app_path)
+		# remove .egg-ino
+		subprocess.check_output(['rm', '-rf', app + '.egg-info'], cwd=app_path)
 
+		if update_app and os.path.exists(os.path.join(app_path, '.git')):
 			remotes = subprocess.check_output(['git', 'remote'], cwd=app_path).strip().split()
 			if 'upstream' in remotes:
 				remote = 'upstream'
 			else:
 				remote = remotes[0]
+			print('Cleaning up {0}'.format(app))
 			branch = subprocess.check_output(['git', 'rev-parse', '--abbrev-ref', 'HEAD'], cwd=app_path).strip()
 			subprocess.check_output(['git', 'reset', '--hard'], cwd=app_path)
 			subprocess.check_output(['git', 'pull', '--rebase', remote, branch], cwd=app_path)
 
-			install_app(app, bench_path)
+		install_app(app, bench_path)
 
 	with open(os.path.join(clone_from, 'sites', 'apps.txt'), 'r') as f:
 		apps = f.read().splitlines()