diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 29e69d1..94bbb4b 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 [submodule ".config/st"]
 	path = .config/st
 	url = ../st.git
+    ignore = all
 [submodule ".config/dwm"]
 	path = .config/dwm
 	url = ../dwm.git
+    ignore = all
 [submodule ".config/nvim"]
 	path = .config/nvim
 	url = ../nvim.git
+    ignore = all
+
diff --git a/scripts/auto_rice b/scripts/auto_rice
index 924fafc..a16648b 100755
--- a/scripts/auto_rice
+++ b/scripts/auto_rice
@@ -28,17 +28,7 @@ chmod 700 "$HOME/.local/share/gnupg/"
 
 config submodule init
 config submodule update --force --recursive --init --remote
-
-# Git submodules will, by default, have the branch name be a hash
-# of the current commit.  This bit just goes into each submodule
-# and explicitly checks out master.
-cd $HOME
-submodules="$(grep submodule .gitmodules | awk -F'"' '{print $2}')"
-IFS=$'\n'
-for mod_path in $submodules; do
-    cd "$HOME/$mod_path"
-    git checkout master
-done
+config submodule foreach "git checkout master"
 
 exec zsh