diff --git a/deadsands-notes b/deadsands-notes
index 870683f..5deb508 160000
--- a/deadsands-notes
+++ b/deadsands-notes
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 870683f109132cd9a99f00aec6752a51e4a41438
+Subproject commit 5deb508b2a82d2e647932d4c4f7f8056ef0bc775
diff --git a/deadsands/site_tools/cli.py b/deadsands/site_tools/cli.py
index e2b0eb1..673f2d9 100644
--- a/deadsands/site_tools/cli.py
+++ b/deadsands/site_tools/cli.py
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ def clean() -> None:
 
 @app.command()
 def build() -> None:
+    subprocess.run(shlex.split('git submodule update --remote --merge'))
     pelican_run()