diff --git a/libexec/sourcezap/commands/sourcezap-clone b/libexec/sourcezap/commands/sourcezap-clone
index 1081d27..fa7e371 100755
--- a/libexec/sourcezap/commands/sourcezap-clone
+++ b/libexec/sourcezap/commands/sourcezap-clone
@@ -34,5 +34,5 @@ fi
 "${git}" clone "${giturl}" "${gitdir}"
 cd "${gitdir}"
 "${git}" config core.filemode off
-"${git}" checkout -t origin/"${branch}"
+"${git}" checkout -t origin/"${branch}" || true
 printok "clone complete"
diff --git a/share/sourcezap/RELNOTES b/share/sourcezap/RELNOTES
index cc3e413..e79b840 100644
--- a/share/sourcezap/RELNOTES
+++ b/share/sourcezap/RELNOTES
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+v?.?.?
+
+| Recover from "git checkout" failure
+After this change, "git checkout" exiting unsuccessfully
+towards the end of "sourcezap clone" no longer causes
+sourcezap to exit as well
+
 v0.2.1
 
 | Fix Makefile