diff --git a/src/bin/clone.rs b/src/bin/clone.rs
index c3b1e8667a..c29f97220e 100644
--- a/src/bin/clone.rs
+++ b/src/bin/clone.rs
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ fn main() {
     let free_old = fs_old.allocator().free() * redoxfs::BLOCK_SIZE;
     let used_old = size_old - free_old;
     let mut last_percent = 0;
-    match clone(&mut fs_old, &mut fs, move |used| {
+    let clone_res = clone(&mut fs_old, &mut fs, move |used| {
         let percent = (used * 100) / used_old;
         if percent != last_percent {
             eprint!(
@@ -127,7 +127,9 @@ fn main() {
             );
             last_percent = percent;
         }
-    }) {
+    });
+    eprintln!();
+    match clone_res {
         Ok(()) => (),
         Err(err) => {
             println!(
diff --git a/src/clone.rs b/src/clone.rs
index 3629db6916..62a89247f7 100644
--- a/src/clone.rs
+++ b/src/clone.rs
@@ -9,11 +9,17 @@ fn syscall_err(err: syscall::Error) -> io::Error {
     io::Error::from_raw_os_error(err.errno)
 }
 
+fn tx_progress<D: Disk, F: FnMut(u64)>(tx: &mut Transaction<D>, progress: &mut F) {
+    let size = tx.header.size();
+    let free = tx.allocator.free() * BLOCK_SIZE;
+    progress(size - free);
+}
+
 //TODO: handle hard links
 fn clone_at<D: Disk, E: Disk, F: FnMut(u64)>(
     tx_old: &mut Transaction<D>,
     parent_ptr_old: TreePtr<Node>,
-    fs: &mut FileSystem<E>,
+    tx: &mut Transaction<E>,
     parent_ptr: TreePtr<Node>,
     buf: &mut [u8],
     progress: &mut F,
@@ -28,8 +34,12 @@ fn clone_at<D: Disk, E: Disk, F: FnMut(u64)>(
         let node_ptr_old = entry.node_ptr();
         let node_old = tx_old.read_tree(node_ptr_old)?;
 
-        //TODO: doing the whole clone_at inside a single transaction works on Linux but not Redox
-        let node_ptr = fs.tx(|tx| {
+        //TODO: this slows down the clone, but Redox has issues without this (Linux is fine)
+        if tx.write_cache.len() > 64 {
+            tx.sync(false)?;
+        }
+
+        let node_ptr = {
             let mode = node_old.data().mode();
             let (ctime, ctime_nsec) = node_old.data().ctime();
             let (mtime, mtime_nsec) = node_old.data().mtime();
@@ -51,15 +61,13 @@ fn clone_at<D: Disk, E: Disk, F: FnMut(u64)>(
 
             let node_ptr = node.ptr();
             tx.sync_tree(node)?;
-            Ok(node_ptr)
-        })?;
+            node_ptr
+        };
 
-        let size = fs.header.size();
-        let free = fs.allocator().free() * BLOCK_SIZE;
-        progress(size - free);
+        tx_progress(tx, progress);
 
         if node_old.data().is_dir() {
-            clone_at(tx_old, node_ptr_old, fs, node_ptr, buf, progress)?;
+            clone_at(tx_old, node_ptr_old, tx, node_ptr, buf, progress)?;
         }
     }
 
@@ -72,22 +80,20 @@ pub fn clone<D: Disk, E: Disk, F: FnMut(u64)>(
     mut progress: F,
 ) -> syscall::Result<()> {
     fs_old.tx(|tx_old| {
+        let mut tx = Transaction::new(fs);
+
         // Clone at root node
         let mut buf = vec![0; 4 * 1024 * 1024];
         clone_at(
             tx_old,
             TreePtr::root(),
-            fs,
+            &mut tx,
             TreePtr::root(),
             &mut buf,
             &mut progress,
         )?;
 
-        fs.tx(|tx| {
-            // Squash alloc log
-            tx.sync(true)?;
-
-            Ok(())
-        })
+        // Commit and squash alloc log
+        tx.commit(true)
     })
 }
diff --git a/src/transaction.rs b/src/transaction.rs
index 329bc5e7d5..cf89d95fe1 100644
--- a/src/transaction.rs
+++ b/src/transaction.rs
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ pub struct Transaction<'a, D: Disk> {
     pub header: Header,
     //TODO: make private
     pub header_changed: bool,
-    allocator: Allocator,
+    pub(crate) allocator: Allocator,
     allocator_log: VecDeque<AllocEntry>,
     deallocate: Vec<BlockAddr>,
-    write_cache: BTreeMap<BlockAddr, Box<[u8]>>,
+    pub(crate) write_cache: BTreeMap<BlockAddr, Box<[u8]>>,
 }
 
 impl<'a, D: Disk> Transaction<'a, D> {