diff --git a/src/ViewModels/Clone.cs b/src/ViewModels/Clone.cs
index 3a7de344..ba5c4610 100644
--- a/src/ViewModels/Clone.cs
+++ b/src/ViewModels/Clone.cs
@@ -41,9 +41,11 @@ namespace SourceGit.ViewModels {
             set => SetProperty(ref _extraArgs, value);
         }
 
-        public Clone(LauncherPage page) {
-            View = new Views.Clone() { DataContext = this };
+        public Clone(Launcher launcher, LauncherPage page) {
+            _launcher = launcher;
             _page = page;
+
+            View = new Views.Clone() { DataContext = this };
         }
 
         public static ValidationResult ValidateRemote(string remote, ValidationContext _) {
@@ -92,14 +94,14 @@ namespace SourceGit.ViewModels {
                     };
                     Preference.AddNode(node);
 
-                    _page.View = new Views.Repository() { DataContext = repo };
-                    _page.Node = node;
+                    _launcher.OpenRepositoryInTab(node, _page);
                 });
 
                 return true;
             });
         }
 
+        private Launcher _launcher = null;
         private LauncherPage _page = null;
         private string _remote = string.Empty;
         private bool _useSSH = false;
diff --git a/src/ViewModels/Repository.cs b/src/ViewModels/Repository.cs
index ede3624e..54919af0 100644
--- a/src/ViewModels/Repository.cs
+++ b/src/ViewModels/Repository.cs
@@ -106,12 +106,12 @@ namespace SourceGit.ViewModels {
 
         [JsonIgnore]
         public int WorkingCopyChangesCount {
-            get => _workingCopy.Count;
+            get => _workingCopy == null ? 0 : _workingCopy.Count;
         }
 
         [JsonIgnore]
         public int StashesCount {
-            get => _stashesPage.Count;
+            get => _stashesPage == null ? 0 : _stashesPage.Count;
         }
 
         [JsonIgnore]
diff --git a/src/ViewModels/Welcome.cs b/src/ViewModels/Welcome.cs
index b75ed664..e9e43434 100644
--- a/src/ViewModels/Welcome.cs
+++ b/src/ViewModels/Welcome.cs
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ namespace SourceGit.ViewModels {
         }
 
         public void Clone(object param) {
-            var page = param as LauncherPage;
+            var launcher = param as Launcher;
+            var page = launcher.ActivePage;
 
             if (!Preference.Instance.IsGitConfigured) {
                 App.RaiseException(page.GetId(), App.Text("NotConfigured"));
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ namespace SourceGit.ViewModels {
             }
 
             if (PopupHost.CanCreatePopup()) {
-                PopupHost.ShowPopup(new Clone(page));
+                PopupHost.ShowPopup(new Clone(launcher, page));
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Views/Welcome.axaml b/src/Views/Welcome.axaml
index a4ea7774..f066d211 100644
--- a/src/Views/Welcome.axaml
+++ b/src/Views/Welcome.axaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
           <Path Width="15" Height="13" Data="{StaticResource Icons.Folder.Open}"/>
         </Button>
 
-        <Button Classes="icon_button" Width="32" Command="{Binding Clone}" CommandParameter="{Binding $parent[v:Launcher].DataContext.(vm:Launcher).ActivePage}" ToolTip.Tip="{DynamicResource Text.Welcome.Clone}">
+        <Button Classes="icon_button" Width="32" Command="{Binding Clone}" CommandParameter="{Binding $parent[v:Launcher].DataContext}" ToolTip.Tip="{DynamicResource Text.Welcome.Clone}">
           <Path Width="13" Height="13" Data="{StaticResource Icons.Pull}"/>
         </Button>