diff --git a/src/main/java/org/davidbohl/dirigent/deployments/config/DeploymentsConfigurationProvider.java b/src/main/java/org/davidbohl/dirigent/deployments/config/DeploymentsConfigurationProvider.java
index 00ef4ec..8da432b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/davidbohl/dirigent/deployments/config/DeploymentsConfigurationProvider.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/davidbohl/dirigent/deployments/config/DeploymentsConfigurationProvider.java
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ package org.davidbohl.dirigent.deployments.config;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.yaml.YAMLFactory;
-import org.davidbohl.dirigent.deployments.service.GitService;
 import org.davidbohl.dirigent.deployments.models.DeploynentConfiguration;
+import org.davidbohl.dirigent.deployments.service.GitService;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public class DeploymentsConfigurationProvider {
         ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper(new YAMLFactory());
 
         if (gitUrl != null)
-            gitService.cloneOrPull(gitUrl, "config");
+            gitService.updateRepo(gitUrl, "config");
 
         File configFile = new File("config/deployments.yml");
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/davidbohl/dirigent/deployments/service/DeploymentsService.java b/src/main/java/org/davidbohl/dirigent/deployments/service/DeploymentsService.java
index 30d62ea..aa780cb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/davidbohl/dirigent/deployments/service/DeploymentsService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/davidbohl/dirigent/deployments/service/DeploymentsService.java
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import org.davidbohl.dirigent.deployments.models.events.NamedDeploymentStartRequ
 import org.davidbohl.dirigent.deployments.models.events.SourceDeploymentStartRequestedEvent;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationEventPublisher;
 import org.springframework.context.event.EventListener;
@@ -163,7 +162,10 @@ public class DeploymentsService {
         File deploymentDir = new File("deployments/" + deployment.name());
 
         try {
-            gitService.cloneOrPull(deployment.source(), deploymentDir.getAbsolutePath());
+            boolean updated = gitService.updateRepo(deployment.source(), deploymentDir.getAbsolutePath());
+
+            if(!updated)
+                return;
 
             List<String> commandArgs = new java.util.ArrayList<>(Arrays.stream(composeCommand.split(" ")).toList());
             commandArgs.add("up");
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/davidbohl/dirigent/deployments/service/GitService.java b/src/main/java/org/davidbohl/dirigent/deployments/service/GitService.java
index 23eb51a..a509f9e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/davidbohl/dirigent/deployments/service/GitService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/davidbohl/dirigent/deployments/service/GitService.java
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponentsBuilder;
 
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
@@ -19,21 +21,28 @@ public class GitService {
     @Value("${dirigent.git.authToken}")
     private String authToken;
 
-    public void cloneOrPull(String source, String destination) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+    public boolean updateRepo(String source, String destination) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
 
         logger.info("Cloning or pulling git repository '{}' to dir '{}'", source, destination);
 
         File destinationDir = new File(destination);
 
+        boolean changed = false;
+
         if (destinationDir.exists() && Arrays.asList(Objects.requireNonNull(destinationDir.list())).contains(".git")) {
             logger.debug("Local Repo exists. Pulling latest changes.");
+
+            String currentHeadRev = getHeadRev(destinationDir);
             new ProcessBuilder("git", "fetch", "--all")
                     .directory(destinationDir).start().waitFor();
             new ProcessBuilder("git", "reset", "--hard", "HEAD")
                     .directory(destinationDir).start().waitFor();
             new ProcessBuilder("git", "pull")
                     .directory(destinationDir).start().waitFor();
+            String newHeadRev = getHeadRev(destinationDir);
+            changed = !currentHeadRev.equals(newHeadRev);
         } else {
+            changed = true;
             logger.debug("Local Repo does not exist. Cloning repository.");
             deleteDirectory(destinationDir);
             UriComponentsBuilder uriComponentsBuilder = UriComponentsBuilder.fromUriString(source);
@@ -46,6 +55,22 @@ public class GitService {
             new ProcessBuilder("git", "clone", uriComponentsBuilder.toUriString(), destination)
                     .start().waitFor();
         }
+
+        return changed;
+    }
+
+    private static String getHeadRev(File destinationDir) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+        Process process = new ProcessBuilder("git", "rev-parse", "HEAD")
+                .directory(destinationDir).start();
+        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(process.getInputStream()));
+        String line;
+        StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
+        while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
+            stringBuilder.append(line);
+        }
+        String currentRev = stringBuilder.toString();
+        process.waitFor();
+        return currentRev;
     }
 
     void deleteDirectory(File directoryToBeDeleted) {