diff --git a/bin/git-myshellconfig-checkout b/bin/git-myshellconfig-checkout
index 0445a92..a6e31e3 100755
--- a/bin/git-myshellconfig-checkout
+++ b/bin/git-myshellconfig-checkout
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ logdebug "update submodules"
     # logdebug "$($SGIT submodule sync)" || { logwarn "sync submodules failed on sync"; rc=6;  }
     logdebug "$($SGIT submodule update --remote)"
     logdebug "$($SGIT submodule update --init --recursive)"
+    logdebug "$($SGIT commit .gitmodules -m 'update submodules')"
     #$SGIT submodule update --init --remote --merge 1>>"${MYSHELLCONFIG_LOGFILE}" 2>&1          || { logwarn " update submodules failed on update"; rc=9;  }
     #$SGIT checkout .gitmodules
     logdebug "submodules updated successfully"