diff --git a/src/agent/memoryFilesystem.ts b/src/agent/memoryFilesystem.ts
index ba2123d..462a33a 100644
--- a/src/agent/memoryFilesystem.ts
+++ b/src/agent/memoryFilesystem.ts
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ export async function applyMemfsFlags(
       agentId,
       options?.agentTags ? { tags: options.agentTags } : undefined,
     );
-    if (!isGitRepo(agentId)) {
+    if (!isGitRepo(agentId) && (await isLettaCloud())) {
       await cloneMemoryRepo(agentId);
     } else if (options?.pullOnExistingRepo) {
       const result = await pullMemory(agentId);
diff --git a/src/cli/App.tsx b/src/cli/App.tsx
index 57f913b..016dcbe 100644
--- a/src/cli/App.tsx
+++ b/src/cli/App.tsx
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ import { ISOLATED_BLOCK_LABELS } from "../agent/memory";
 import {
   ensureMemoryFilesystemDirs,
   getMemoryFilesystemRoot,
+  isLettaCloud,
 } from "../agent/memoryFilesystem";
 import {
   getStreamToolContextId,
@@ -3643,9 +3644,9 @@ export default function App({
         const { isGitRepo, cloneMemoryRepo, pullMemory } = await import(
           "../agent/memoryGit"
         );
-        if (!isGitRepo(agentId)) {
+        if (!isGitRepo(agentId) && (await isLettaCloud())) {
           await cloneMemoryRepo(agentId);
-        } else {
+        } else if (isGitRepo(agentId)) {
           await pullMemory(agentId);
         }
       } catch (err) {