diff --git a/Sparkles/Git/Git.Fetcher.cs b/Sparkles/Git/Git.Fetcher.cs
index 81bcfd52..052638f6 100644
--- a/Sparkles/Git/Git.Fetcher.cs
+++ b/Sparkles/Git/Git.Fetcher.cs
@@ -176,6 +176,13 @@ namespace Sparkles.Git {
                 File.WriteAllText (identifier_path, identifier);
                 File.SetAttributes (identifier_path, FileAttributes.Hidden);
 
+                // The repo is freshly cloned and no config user.name is set yet, so temporary use SparkleShare
+                // to avoid error 'TELL ME WHO YOU ARE', later on this will be handled in Commit of Git.Repository
+                var git_config = new GitCommand(TargetFolder, "config user.name \"SparkleShare\"");
+                git_config.StartAndWaitForExit();
+                git_config = new GitCommand(TargetFolder, "config user.email \"info@sparkleshare.org\"");
+                git_config.StartAndWaitForExit();
+                
                 // We can't do the "commit --all" shortcut because it doesn't add untracked files
                 var git_add    = new GitCommand (TargetFolder, "add .sparkleshare");
                 var git_commit = new GitCommand (TargetFolder,