diff --git a/redmine/entrypoint.sh b/redmine/entrypoint.sh
index 149b4e7..324e781 100755
--- a/redmine/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/redmine/entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-mkdir -p /var/local/redmine/repositories
-chown redmine:redmine /var/local/redmine/repositories
+REDMINE_LOCAL_PATH="/var/local/redmine"
+
+if [ ! -z "$GIT_SYNC_FOLDER" ]; then
+    mkdir -p "$GIT_SYNC_FOLDER"
+    chown redmine:redmine "$GIT_SYNC_FOLDER"
+fi
+
+cat <<EOT >> "$REDMINE_LOCAL_PATH/update-repositories.env"
+REDMINE_API_KEY=${REDMINE_API_KEY}
+GIT_SYNC_FOLDER=${GIT_SYNC_FOLDER}
+EOT
 
 /usr/sbin/cron
 crontab -u root /var/local/redmine/crontab
diff --git a/redmine/update-repositories.sh b/redmine/update-repositories.sh
index 662ca7b..32f105b 100755
--- a/redmine/update-repositories.sh
+++ b/redmine/update-repositories.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,27 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-GIT_SYNC_FOLDER="/var/local/redmine/repositories"
+source "/var/local/redmine/update-repositories.env"
+
+if [ -z "$REDMINE_API_KEY" ]; then
+	echo -e "Environment variable 'REDMINE_API_KEY' is missing, ignoring."
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$GIT_SYNC_FOLDER" ]; then
+	echo -e "Environment variable 'GIT_SYNC_FOLDER' is missing, ignoring."
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+if [ ! -d "$GIT_SYNC_FOLDER" ]; then
+	echo -e "Cannot find repositories storage: $GIT_SYNC_FOLDER"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+GIT=`command -v git`
+if [ -z "$GIT" ]; then
+	echo -e "Command 'git' is missing, failing."
+	exit 1
+fi
 
 for REPO_DIR in "$GIT_SYNC_FOLDER/"*; do
 	if [ -d "$REPO_DIR" ] && [[ "$REPO_DIR" =~ ^.+\.git$ ]]; then
@@ -9,4 +30,5 @@ for REPO_DIR in "$GIT_SYNC_FOLDER/"*; do
 	fi
 done
 
-/usr/src/redmine/bin/rails runner "Repository.fetch_changesets" -e production
+#/usr/src/redmine/bin/rails runner "Repository.fetch_changesets" -e production
+curl -q "http://localhost:3000/sys/fetch_changesets?key=${REDMINE_API_KEY}"