diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e0ec85e710e3d43d9dd3f1f6b74eb3284a90740a..a8d1461fd349bc6d67a46063c78d013e21a975ff 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ deploy:
     tags:
         - deployment
     variables:
-        #GIT_SUBMODULE_STRATEGY: recursive
-        #GIT_SUBMODULE_FORCE_HTTPS: "true"
+        GIT_SUBMODULE_STRATEGY: recursive
+        GIT_SUBMODULE_FORCE_HTTPS: "true"
         SECURE_FILES_DOWNLOAD_PATH: './'
     script:
         - ls -al API/
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 1be0dda70420746485320f21707d2d9acd8c693c..2bdeb709f1a573b72e328ce88c6ec964faba7ee5 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [submodule "API"]
 	path = API
-	url = ../backend/dojobackendapi.git
+	url = ../dojobackendapi.git
 [submodule "Frontend"]
 	path = Frontend
 	url = ../../ui/dojoweb.git