diff --git a/common/build_common.sh b/common/build_common.sh
index f3147411..03d3a88e 100755
--- a/common/build_common.sh
+++ b/common/build_common.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ BRANCH=$3
 
 check_user() {
     ME=$1
-    if [ "${ME}" != "jenkins" ]; then
+    if [ "${ME}" != "zuul" ]; then
        echo "\nERROR: Download monasca-common and do a mvn install to install the monasca-commom jars\n" 1>&2
        exit 1
     fi
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ check_user() {
 BUILD_COMMON=false
 POM_FILE=~/.m2/repository/monasca-common/monasca-common/${VERSION}/monasca-common-${VERSION}.pom
 if [ ! -r "${POM_FILE}" ]; then
-    check_user ${ME}
+    check_user "${ME}"
     BUILD_COMMON=true
 fi
 
 # This should only be done on the stack forge system
 if [ "${BUILD_COMMON}" = "true" ]; then
-   git clone -b ${BRANCH} https://git.openstack.org/openstack/monasca-common
+   git clone -b ${BRANCH} https://git.openstack.org/openstack/monasca-common --depth 1
    cd monasca-common
    ${MVN} clean
    ${MVN} install