diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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+[submodule "ofb-assets"]
+	path = ofb-assets
+	url = ssh://git@ssh-gitlab.nicholasnovak.io:1022/fums/ofb-assets.git
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3559029..b296dc4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
 The assets for the game are stored separately to the code. To retrieve the assets for the first time, run:
 
 1. `git submodule init`
-2. `git submodule --update`
+2. `git submodule update`
 
 From there, only the second command has to be run in order to update the assets
diff --git a/ofb-assets b/ofb-assets
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 2a6f0a61eb63975e84380aa4cd679b1c6159e810