diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ bulk order and provide open source security tokens for everyone that is interest
 Clone solo and build it
 
 ```bash
-git clone https://github.com/SoloKeysSec/solo
+git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/SoloKeysSec/solo
 cd solo/
 make all