diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 99ad3ff..1959e6d 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ steps:
 - name: submodules
   image: alpine/git
   commands:
-  - git submodule update --recursive --remote
+  - git submodule update --init --recursive --remote
 
 - name: build
   image: plugins/hugo