diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bc47a6ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "dotfiles/config/taffybar/taffybar"]
+	path = dotfiles/config/taffybar/taffybar
+	url = git@github.com:IvanMalison/taffybar.git
diff --git a/dotfiles/config/taffybar/stack.yaml b/dotfiles/config/taffybar/stack.yaml
index f94e0f3e..35b37ec9 100644
--- a/dotfiles/config/taffybar/stack.yaml
+++ b/dotfiles/config/taffybar/stack.yaml
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ flags: {}
 extra-package-dbs: []
 packages:
 - '.'
-- location:
-    git: git@github.com:IvanMalison/taffybar.git
-    commit: e779acfe8056e6dde10638e2f7e4ec77f92b9448
+- location: "./taffybar"
   extra-dep: true
 - location:
     git: git@github.com:willdonnelly/dyre.git
diff --git a/dotfiles/config/taffybar/taffybar b/dotfiles/config/taffybar/taffybar
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..fd1bb66d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dotfiles/config/taffybar/taffybar
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit fd1bb66dec217f10fa03f381de11a1a6fee11c58