diff --git a/bin/git-myshellconfig-checkout b/bin/git-myshellconfig-checkout
index f14b907..02f9900 100755
--- a/bin/git-myshellconfig-checkout
+++ b/bin/git-myshellconfig-checkout
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ logdebug "update submodules"
     # run git submodule sync only ich local repo should use submodule urls from main-project
     # so don't use it here
     # logdebug "$($SGIT submodule sync)" || { logwarn "sync submodules failed on sync"; rc=6;  }
+    logdebug "$($SGIT submodule update --remote)"
     logdebug "$($SGIT submodule update --init --recursive)"
     #$SGIT submodule update --init --remote --merge 1>>"${MYSHELLCONFIG_LOGFILE}" 2>&1          || { logwarn " update submodules failed on update"; rc=9;  }
     #$SGIT checkout .gitmodules