diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c37557d..48c6712 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ If you're using **Git**, you can add Dotbot as a submodule:
 ```bash
 cd ~/.dotfiles # replace with the path to your dotfiles
 git init # initialize repository if needed
-git submodule add -b master https://github.com/anishathalye/dotbot # Track master branch of dotbot, instead of detaching head
+git submodule add https://github.com/anishathalye/dotbot 
+git config -f .gitmodules submodule.dotbot.ignore dirty	# Ignore dirty commits in the submodule
 cp dotbot/tools/git-submodule/install .
 touch install.conf.yaml
 ```