diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5b889eb..acadfc1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-scales/
 __pycache__/
 psychoscales.db
 GeoLite2-City.mmdb
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc2639f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "scales.git"]
+	path = scales
+	url = https://git.mxr612.io/PsychoScales/scales.git
diff --git a/scales b/scales
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..e72f3ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scales
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit e72f3ec7b4437eaedf4045d1003712b8dff30b81