diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 13c88e4..abfaf25 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "third_party/nwaku"]
 	path = third_party/nwaku
-	url = https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku
+	url = https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku.git
diff --git a/third_party/nwaku b/third_party/nwaku
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..542968e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/nwaku
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 542968e8ab90ea56ccf52145109dd25b38a7c7b7