diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cbcefd5..e3f9587 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ For more information, check out the [wiki](http://github.com/justone/dotfiles/wi
 
     $ cd ~
     $ git clone https://github.com/Eragos/dotfiles.git .dotfiles
-    $ .dotfiles/bin/dfm install 
+    $ cd .dotfiles
+    $ git submodule init
+    $ git submodule update
+    $ ./bin/dfm install 
 
 ## Update
 
diff --git a/functions b/functions
index 5904b53..2eaf541 100644
--- a/functions
+++ b/functions
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ udot() {
   echo -e "$info"
   echo -e ""
 
+  echo -e "Update submodules..."
+  git submodule update
+  echo -e ""
+
   if [ -z "$status" ]; then
     echo -e "Local changes:"
     echo -e "$gstatus"