diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index c0f2e47abe..fc0d292323 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
-        submodules: true
+        submodules: recursive
 
     - name: Prepare Linux
       if: contains(matrix.os, 'ubuntu')
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
-        submodules: true
+        submodules: recursive
 
     - name: Validate Gradle Wrapper
       uses: gradle/actions/wrapper-validation@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/clang-sanitizer.yml b/.github/workflows/clang-sanitizer.yml
index bc239f5149..315a7e12f5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/clang-sanitizer.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/clang-sanitizer.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Checkout repository
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
-        submodules: true
+        submodules: recursive
 
     - name: Prepare Linux
       run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/clang-tidy.yml b/.github/workflows/clang-tidy.yml
index fd850908a2..4613c822f2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/clang-tidy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/clang-tidy.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Checkout repository
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
-        submodules: true
+        submodules: recursive
 
     - name: Prepare Linux
       run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/style.yml b/.github/workflows/style.yml
index 5eecbd8ea8..c84222690d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/style.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/style.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Checkout repository
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
-        submodules: true
+        submodules: recursive
 
     - name: Prepare Linux
       run: |
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index ea33c3a5f4..6a716a33f9 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-[submodule "socket.io-client-cpp"]
+[submodule "src/engine/external/socket.io-client-cpp"]
 	path = src/engine/external/socket.io-client-cpp
-	url = https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-client-cpp.git
-	shallow = true
+	url = https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-client-cpp
 [submodule "ddnet-libs"]
 	path = ddnet-libs
 	url = https://github.com/PulseClient-ddnet/pulse-libs
diff --git a/src/engine/external/socket.io-client-cpp b/src/engine/external/socket.io-client-cpp
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..3b7be7e417
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/engine/external/socket.io-client-cpp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 3b7be7e4173b5bdeed393966e3274f65d513a280