diff --git a/.config/shell/bin/copy-path b/.config/shell/bin/copy-path
index b7976ff..2810167 100755
--- a/.config/shell/bin/copy-path
+++ b/.config/shell/bin/copy-path
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 
 CLIPBOARD_MANAGER="${CLIPBOARD_MANAGER:-xsel -b}"
 
+if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
+   set -- "$(pwd)"
+fi
+
 for f; do
    realpath "$f"
 done | sed -z '$ s/\n$//' | $CLIPBOARD_MANAGER
diff --git a/.config/shell/functions/gloned b/.config/shell/functions/gloned
index cbad021..c2a68b6 100644
--- a/.config/shell/functions/gloned
+++ b/.config/shell/functions/gloned
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ gloned() {
    # remove the url up to the last segment, and remove the .git from the end
    REPO_DIR="${2:-"$(echo "${1%.git}" | rev | cut -d '/' -f 1 | rev)"}"
 
-   git clone "$1" "$REPO_DIR" || return $?
+   git clone --recursive "$1" "$REPO_DIR" || return $?
    if ! cd "$REPO_DIR";then
       echo 'Error: Could not `cd` into the repo'
       return 1