diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index cfd9cab2..77a95bce 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [submodule "mods/boats"]
 	path = mods/boats
-	url = https://github.com/tenplus1/boats
+	url = https://github.com/tenplus1/boats.git
 [submodule "mods/illuna"]
 	path = mods/illuna
 	url = https://github.com/Illuna-Minetest/illuna
diff --git a/mods/boats b/mods/boats
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..045f1b9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mods/boats
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 045f1b9e678179da5362e5b52dd895c2f3ccc072