diff --git a/automated install/basic-install.sh b/automated install/basic-install.sh
index 05bcd35a..babb8213 100755
--- a/automated install/basic-install.sh	
+++ b/automated install/basic-install.sh	
@@ -514,10 +514,7 @@ update_repo() {
     git stash --all --quiet &> /dev/null || true # Okay for stash failure
     git clean --quiet --force -d || true # Okay for already clean directory
     # Pull the latest commits
-    if ! git branch | grep --quiet -E '^[*] [(](HEAD detached at|detached from) pull/[[:digit:]]+/merge[)]$'; then
-        # if tests are run with Github Actions, pulling changes will not be possible because of 'detached HEAD' state
-        git pull --no-rebase --quiet &> /dev/null || return $?
-    fi
+    git pull --no-rebase --quiet &> /dev/null || return $?
     # Check current branch. If it is master, then reset to the latest available tag.
     # In case extra commits have been added after tagging/release (i.e in case of metadata updates/README.MD tweaks)
     curBranch=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
diff --git a/test/conftest.py b/test/conftest.py
index 7af82a63..2d388fdd 100644
--- a/test/conftest.py
+++ b/test/conftest.py
@@ -121,6 +121,41 @@ def mock_command(script, args, container):
                                          scriptlog=script))
 
 
+def mock_command_passthrough(script, args, container):
+    '''
+    Per other mock_command* functions, allows intercepting of commands we don't want to run for real
+    in unit tests, however also allows only specific arguments to be mocked. Anything not defined will
+    be passed through to the actual command.
+
+    Example use-case: mocking `git pull` but still allowing `git clone` to work as intended
+    '''
+    orig_script_path = check_output('which {}'.format(script))
+    full_script_path = '/usr/local/bin/{}'.format(script)
+    mock_script = dedent(r'''\
+    #!/bin/bash -e
+    echo "\$0 \$@" >> /var/log/{script}
+    case "\$1" in'''.format(script=script))
+    for k, v in args.items():
+        case = dedent('''
+        {arg})
+        echo {res}
+        exit {retcode}
+        ;;'''.format(arg=k, res=v[0], retcode=v[1]))
+        mock_script += case
+    mock_script += dedent(r'''
+    *)
+    {orig_script_path} "\$@"
+    ;;'''.format(orig_script_path=orig_script_path))
+    mock_script += dedent('''
+    esac''')
+    container.run('''
+    cat <<EOF> {script}\n{content}\nEOF
+    chmod +x {script}
+    rm -f /var/log/{scriptlog}'''.format(script=full_script_path,
+                                         content=mock_script,
+                                         scriptlog=script))
+
+
 def mock_command_run(script, args, container):
     '''
     Allows for setup of commands we don't really want to have to run for real
diff --git a/test/test_automated_install.py b/test/test_automated_install.py
index b2959337..304a8783 100644
--- a/test/test_automated_install.py
+++ b/test/test_automated_install.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from .conftest import (
     mock_command,
     mock_command_run,
     mock_command_2,
+    mock_command_passthrough,
     run_script
 )
 
@@ -153,6 +154,8 @@ def test_installPihole_fresh_install_readableFiles(Pihole):
     '''
     # Whiptail dialog returns Cancel for user prompt
     mock_command('whiptail', {'*': ('', '0')}, Pihole)
+    # mock git pull
+    mock_command_passthrough('git', {'pull': ('', '0')}, Pihole)
     # mock systemctl to not start lighttpd and FTL
     mock_command_2(
         'systemctl',
@@ -396,6 +399,8 @@ def test_installPihole_fresh_install_readableBlockpage(Pihole, test_webpage):
     ]
     # Whiptail dialog returns Cancel for user prompt
     mock_command('whiptail', {'*': ('', '0')}, Pihole)
+    # mock git pull
+    mock_command_passthrough('git', {'pull': ('', '0')}, Pihole)
     # mock systemctl to start lighttpd and FTL
     ligthttpdcommand = dedent(r'''\"\"
         echo 'starting lighttpd with {}'