diff --git a/.config/shell/functions/gloned b/.config/shell/functions/gloned
index cbad021..c2a68b6 100644
--- a/.config/shell/functions/gloned
+++ b/.config/shell/functions/gloned
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ gloned() {
    # remove the url up to the last segment, and remove the .git from the end
    REPO_DIR="${2:-"$(echo "${1%.git}" | rev | cut -d '/' -f 1 | rev)"}"
 
-   git clone "$1" "$REPO_DIR" || return $?
+   git clone --recursive "$1" "$REPO_DIR" || return $?
    if ! cd "$REPO_DIR";then
       echo 'Error: Could not `cd` into the repo'
       return 1