diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml
index 49c005c..b563d16 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: Deploy to Pages
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: ["main"]
+    branches: ["main","ci/checkout-submodule"]
 
   workflow_dispatch:
 env:
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: recursive
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:
           go-version-file: "backend/alloy/go.mod"