diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 4b44a4842..335de3282 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 [submodule "docs"]
 	path = docs
-	url = https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-docs.git
+	url = http://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-docs
+	branch = master
diff --git a/docs b/docs
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..93ede3dd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 93ede3dd623a40f408baf70d68dd868ea5163c53