diff --git a/sample.xo-install.cfg b/sample.xo-install.cfg
index be804f3..b6b6e12 100644
--- a/sample.xo-install.cfg
+++ b/sample.xo-install.cfg
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ CONFIGUPDATE=true
 # Location of Xen Orchestra repository where source code is fetched
 REPOSITORY="https://github.com/vatesfr/xen-orchestra"
 
-# Git branch or tag (append tags/ before the tag name) where xen-orchestra sources are fetched.
+# Git branch, tag (append tags/ before the tag name) or individual commit where xen-orchestra sources are fetched.
 # Also, you can set this to "release" to use the latest tagged branch.
 BRANCH="master"
 
diff --git a/xo-install.sh b/xo-install.sh
index 1ae189c..047ca2e 100755
--- a/xo-install.sh
+++ b/xo-install.sh
@@ -490,15 +490,14 @@ function InstallXO {
 		echo
 		printinfo "Checking out latest tagged release '$TAG'"
 
-		runcmd "git checkout $TAG"
+		runcmd "cd $INSTALLDIR/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-$TIME && git checkout $TAG"
 		runcmd "cd $(dirname "$0")"
 	# we don't need to do much magic if specific branch set so just checkout
 	elif [[ "$BRANCH" != "master" ]]; then
 		echo
-		printinfo "Checking out source code from branch '$BRANCH'"
+		printinfo "Checking out source code from branch/commit '$BRANCH'"
 
-		runcmd "cd $INSTALLDIR/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-$TIME"
-		runcmd "git checkout $BRANCH"
+		runcmd "cd $INSTALLDIR/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-$TIME && git checkout $BRANCH"
 		runcmd "cd $(dirname "$0")"
 	fi