diff --git a/core/installer/app_configs/dodo_app.cue b/core/installer/app_configs/dodo_app.cue
index 409b5d4..39788a7 100644
--- a/core/installer/app_configs/dodo_app.cue
+++ b/core/installer/app_configs/dodo_app.cue
@@ -15,6 +15,20 @@
 	auth: #Auth
 }
 
+#AppTmpl: {
+	type: string
+	ingress: #AppIngress
+	runConfiguration: [...#Command]
+	...
+}
+
+#Command: {
+	bin: string
+	args: [...string] | *[]
+}
+
+// Go app
+
 _goVer1220: "golang:1.22.0"
 _goVer1200: "golang:1.20.0"
 
@@ -45,7 +59,28 @@
 
 #GoApp: #GoApp1200 | #GoApp1220
 
-app: #GoApp
+// Hugo app
+
+_hugoLatest: "hugo:latest"
+
+#HugoAppTmpl: {
+	type: _hugoLatest
+	ingress: #AppIngress
+
+	runConfiguration: [{
+		bin: "/usr/bin/hugo",
+		args: []
+	}, {
+		bin: "/usr/bin/hugo",
+		args: ["server", "--port=\(_appPort)", "--bind=0.0.0.0"]
+	}]
+}
+
+#HugoApp: #HugoAppTmpl
+
+#App: #GoApp | #HugoApp
+
+app: #App
 
 // output
 
@@ -89,8 +124,8 @@
 				tag: images.app.tag
 				pullPolicy: images.app.pullPolicy
 			}
-			appPort: 8080
-			appDir: "/dodo-app"
+			appPort: _appPort
+			appDir: _appDir
 			repoAddr: input.repoAddr
 			sshPrivateKey: base64.Encode(null, input.sshPrivateKey)
 			runCfg: base64.Encode(null, json.Marshal(_app.runConfiguration))
@@ -98,3 +133,6 @@
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+_appDir: "/dodo-app"
+_appPort: 8080
diff --git a/core/installer/soft/repoio.go b/core/installer/soft/repoio.go
index b50bcaa..6df9dcd 100644
--- a/core/installer/soft/repoio.go
+++ b/core/installer/soft/repoio.go
@@ -188,6 +188,13 @@
 	if err := wt.AddGlob("*"); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	st, err := wt.Status()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if len(st) == 0 {
+		return nil // TODO(gio): maybe return ErrorNothingToCommit
+	}
 	if _, err := wt.Commit(message, &git.CommitOptions{
 		Author: &object.Signature{
 			Name: "pcloud-installer",