diff --git a/docker-standalone/Dockerfile b/docker-standalone/Dockerfile
index 55e80b9f..185fd3a6 100644
--- a/docker-standalone/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker-standalone/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 FROM debian
 RUN apt update && apt install wget aria2 git bzip2 -y
-RUN git clone https://github.com/henk717/koboldai /opt/koboldai
+RUN git clone --recursive https://github.com/henk717/koboldai /opt/koboldai
 WORKDIR /opt/koboldai
 RUN ./install_requirements.sh cuda
 COPY docker-helper.sh /opt/koboldai/docker-helper.sh
diff --git a/docker-standalone/docker-helper.sh b/docker-standalone/docker-helper.sh
index ae334938..c69703de 100755
--- a/docker-standalone/docker-helper.sh
+++ b/docker-standalone/docker-helper.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ cd /opt/koboldai
 
 if [[ -n update ]];then
         git pull --recurse-submodules && ./install_requirements.sh cuda
+	git submodule update --init --recursive
 fi
 
 if [[ ! -v KOBOLDAI_DATADIR ]];then