diff --git a/modules/home.nix b/modules/home.nix
index 379b476..dffd9b1 100644
--- a/modules/home.nix
+++ b/modules/home.nix
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ in
       merge.log = true;
       push = { default = "simple"; followTags = true; };
       submodule.recurse = true;
+      fetch.recurseSubmodules = "on-demand";
 
       alias = {
         l = "log --pretty=oneline -n 20 --graph --abbrev-commit";