diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 31df18d..ada9deb 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 kind: pipeline
 name: deploy to docker container
 steps:
+  - name: submodule
+    image: plugins/git
+    settings:
+      recursive: true
   - name: docker cp deploy
     image: 3wordchant/docker-cp-deploy:latest
     settings: