diff --git a/larbs.sh b/larbs.sh
index 0383a10..15edde2 100644
--- a/larbs.sh
+++ b/larbs.sh
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ putgitrepo() { # Downloads a gitrepo $1 and places the files in $2 only overwrit
 	dir=$(mktemp -d)
 	[ ! -d "$2" ] && mkdir -p "$2"
 	chown -R "$name":wheel "$dir" "$2"
-	sudo -u "$name" git clone -b "$branch" --depth 1 "$1" "$dir" >/dev/null 2>&1
+	sudo -u "$name" git clone --recursive -b "$branch" --depth 1 "$1" "$dir" >/dev/null 2>&1
 	sudo -u "$name" cp -rfT "$dir" "$2"
 	}