diff --git a/src/en/contributing/local_development.md b/src/en/contributing/local_development.md
index 114a545..200dda4 100644
--- a/src/en/contributing/local_development.md
+++ b/src/en/contributing/local_development.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ cargo build
 
 ### Get the front end source code
 ```
-git clone https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui.git
+git clone https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui.git --recurse-submodules
 # get the translations
 git submodule init
 git submodule update --remote