diff --git a/metadata/com.blacksquircle.ui.yml b/metadata/com.blacksquircle.ui.yml
index ef7104c78c..da632c6550 100644
--- a/metadata/com.blacksquircle.ui.yml
+++ b/metadata/com.blacksquircle.ui.yml
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ Builds:
     versionCode: 10016
     commit: 9bb356b4f2f8816f6abea6828542da0b05cd9556
     subdir: app
+    submodules: true
     gradle:
       - fdroid
     prebuild: sed -i -e 's|https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/|https://jitpack.io|'