diff --git a/.woodpecker/build-html-copy-to-server.yaml b/.woodpecker/build-html-copy-to-server.yaml
index 67c5ee4..3f80b14 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/build-html-copy-to-server.yaml
+++ b/.woodpecker/build-html-copy-to-server.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ steps:
     image: hugomods/hugo
     commands:
       - hugo version
+      - git -C sb submodule update --init --recursive
       - hugo --cleanDestinationDir -s sb --logLevel info
 
   - name: copy_to_server