diff --git a/src/runboat/kubefiles/runboat-clone-and-install.sh b/src/runboat/kubefiles/runboat-clone-and-install.sh
index 3b1b05a..d29f4d0 100755
--- a/src/runboat/kubefiles/runboat-clone-and-install.sh
+++ b/src/runboat/kubefiles/runboat-clone-and-install.sh
@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@
 
 set -exo pipefail
 
-# Remove initialization sentinel, in case we are reinitializing.
-rm -fr /mnt/data/initialized
+# Remove initialization sentinel and data, in case we are reinitializing.
+rm -fr /mnt/data/*
 
 # Remove addons dir, in case we are reinitializing after a previously
 # failed installation.
 rm -fr $ADDONS_DIR
 # Download the repository at git reference into $ADDONS_DIR.
+# We use curl instead of git clone because the git clone method used more than 1GB RAM,
+# which exceeded the default pod memory limit.
 mkdir -p $ADDONS_DIR
 cd $ADDONS_DIR
 curl -sSL https://github.com/${RUNBOAT_GIT_REPO}/tarball/${RUNBOAT_GIT_REF} | tar zxf - --strip-components=1
@@ -25,7 +27,6 @@ else
 fi
 
 # Keep a copy of the venv that we can re-use for shorter startup time.
-DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -yqq install rsync
-rsync -a --delete /opt/odoo-venv/ /mnt/data/odoo-venv
+cp -ar /opt/odoo-venv/ /mnt/data/odoo-venv
 
 touch /mnt/data/initialized