diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b6c339b..6dc5945 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -114,10 +114,11 @@ $(__Wl_clipboard):
 ### PHONY targets that a user would run ###
 .PHONY : all
 all:
-	ifneq ($(shell test git submodule status | grep --quiet '^-' ; echo $$?), 1)
+	@if git submodule status | grep --quiet '^-' ; then\
 		$(error "Git submodules have not been initialised. Please run: git \
-"submodule update --init")
-	endif
+submodule update --init");\
+	if
+	@cd Hyprland/subprojects && git submodule update --init
 	$(MAKE) build
 
 .PHONY : build