diff --git a/bashrc_add b/bashrc_add
index 37e79b9..4858301 100755
--- a/bashrc_add
+++ b/bashrc_add
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ if [[ $- = *i* ]] ; then
     [ -z "${MYSHELLCONFIG_GIT_TIMEOUT+x}" ]                     && export MYSHELLCONFIG_GIT_TIMEOUT=5s
     [ -z "${MYSHELLCONFIG_GIT_CHECKOUT_TIMEOUT+x}" ]            && export MYSHELLCONFIG_GIT_CHECKOUT_TIMEOUT=20s
     [ -z "${MYSHELLCONFIG_GIT_SYNC+x}" ]                        && export MYSHELLCONFIG_GIT_SYNC=true
-    [ -z "${MYSHELLCONFIG_GIT_UPDATE_SUBMODULES_DEFAULT+x}" ]   && export MYSHELLCONFIG_GIT_UPDATE_SUBMODULES_DEFAULT=true
-    [ -z "${MYSHELLCONFIG_GIT_SUBMODULE_SERVER_DEFUALt+x}" ]    && export MYSHELLCONFIG_GIT_SUBMODULE_SERVER_DEFAULT="git://git.schuerz.at/github.com"
+    [ -z "${MYSHELLCONFIG_GIT_SUBMODULES_UPDATE_DEFAULT+x}" ]   && export MYSHELLCONFIG_GIT_SUBMODULES_UPDATE_DEFAULT=true
+    [ -z "${MYSHELLCONFIG_GIT_SUBMODULES_SERVER_DEFAULT+x}" ]   && export MYSHELLCONFIG_GIT_SUBMODULES_SERVER_DEFAULT="git://git.schuerz.at/github.com"
     # hardcoded git
     export SGIT="git -C ${MYSHELLCONFIG_BASE}" 
 
diff --git a/bin/git-myshellconfig-checkout b/bin/git-myshellconfig-checkout
index 891de0c..ce73893 100755
--- a/bin/git-myshellconfig-checkout
+++ b/bin/git-myshellconfig-checkout
@@ -81,13 +81,13 @@ EOF
 
 fi
 
-if ${MYSHELLCONFIG_GIT_UPDATE_SUBMODULES-${MYSHELLCONFIG_GIT_UPDATE_SUBMODULES_DEFAULT-true}}; then
+if ${MYSHELLCONFIG_GIT_SUBMODULES_UPDATE-${MYSHELLCONFIG_GIT_SUBMODULES_UPDATE_DEFAULT-true}}; then
 logdebug "update submodules"
     rc=0
 
     $SGIT config --file=.gitmodules -l | \
         grep url= | \
-        awk -F "=" -v srv="${MYSHELLCONFIG_GIT_SUBMODULE_SERVER-${MYSHELLCONFIG_GIT_SUBMODULE_SERVER_DEFAULT}}" \
+        awk -F "=" -v srv="${MYSHELLCONFIG_GIT_SUBMODULES_SERVER-${MYSHELLCONFIG_GIT_SUBMODULES_SERVER_DEFAULT}}" \
         '{gsub(/^.*github.com/,srv,$2); print $1" "$2}' | \
         while read a b; do
             logdebug "$SGIT config --file=.gitmodules ${a} ${b}"
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ logdebug "update submodules"
     logdebug "submodules updated successfully" >&2
 
 else
-    logdebug "Do not update submodules. It's denied by environment MYSHELLCONFIG_GIT_UPDATE_SUBMODULES: ${MYSHELLCONFIG_GIT_UPDATE_SUBMODULES-${MYSHELLCONFIG_GIT_UPDATE_SUBMODULES_DEFAULT-true}}"
+    logdebug "Do not update submodules. It's denied by environment MYSHELLCONFIG_GIT_UPDATE_SUBMODULES: ${MYSHELLCONFIG_GIT_SUBMODULES_UPDATE-${MYSHELLCONFIG_GIT_SUBMODULES_UPDATE_DEFAULT-true}}"
 fi
 
 EXIT