diff --git a/docs/content/doc/setup/build-from-source.md b/docs/content/doc/setup/build-from-source.md
index 475ebadf0..a471d2c7c 100644
--- a/docs/content/doc/setup/build-from-source.md
+++ b/docs/content/doc/setup/build-from-source.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ To fully build Vikunja from source files, you need to build the api and frontend
 
 1. Make sure you have git installed
 2. Clone the repo with `git clone https://code.vikunja.io/vikunja` and switch into the directory.
+3. Check out the version you want to build with `git checkout VERSION` - replace `VERSION` with the version want to use. If you don't do this, you'll build the [latest unstable build]({{< ref "versions.md">}}), which might contain bugs.
 
 ## Frontend
 
diff --git a/docs/content/doc/setup/install.md b/docs/content/doc/setup/install.md
index 1fb559658..bd5c4a624 100644
--- a/docs/content/doc/setup/install.md
+++ b/docs/content/doc/setup/install.md
@@ -225,10 +225,13 @@ go install github.com/magefile/mage
 ```
 mkdir /mnt/GO/code.vikunja.io
 cd /mnt/GO/code.vikunja.io
-git clone https://code.vikunja.io/api
-cd /mnt/GO/code.vikunja.io/api
+git clone https://code.vikunja.io/vikunja
+cd vikunja
 ```
 
+**Note:** Ceck out the version you want to build with `git checkout VERSION` - replace `VERSION` with the version want to use.
+If you don't do this, you'll build the [latest unstable build]({{< ref "versions.md">}}), which might contain bugs.
+
 ### Compile binaries
 
 ```