diff --git a/install_requirements.sh b/install_requirements.sh
index 7d2c0c2f..6f0e0dfd 100755
--- a/install_requirements.sh
+++ b/install_requirements.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+git submodule update --init --recursive
 if [[ $1 = "cuda" ]]; then
 wget -qO- https://micromamba.snakepit.net/api/micromamba/linux-64/latest | tar -xvj bin/micromamba
 bin/micromamba create -f environments/huggingface.yml -r runtime -n koboldai -y