diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 2e8c5421f9d520a3afebaec819b9b530e4ff85dd..bcea8c3b994ebd86e8e2c9daf55656a76ab50c3d 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [submodule "logmessage"]
 	path = deps/logmessage
-	url = git@github.com:oceanbase/oblogmsg.git
+	url = git@github.com:oceanbase/oblogmsg.git 
 	branch = master
diff --git a/src/liboblog/CMakeLists.txt b/src/liboblog/CMakeLists.txt
index 5688f216bfb3b26358084a067eee97b23f25624e..d03d5b78fc5092f88759ade06d3dc882b489ebca 100644
--- a/src/liboblog/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/liboblog/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ message(STATUS "OB_BUILD_LIBOBLOG ${OB_BUILD_LIBOBLOG}")
 if (OB_BUILD_LIBOBLOG)
   find_package(Git QUIET)
   if (GIT_FOUND)
-    execute_process(COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} submodule update --remote
+    execute_process(COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} submodule update --init --remote
       WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}
       RESULT_VARIABLE GIT_SUBMOD_RESULT)
     if (NOT GIT_SUBMOD_RESULT EQUAL "0")
-      message(FATAL_ERROR "git submodule update --remote failed with ${GIT_SUBMOD_RESULT}, please checkout submodules")
+      message(FATAL_ERROR "git submodule update --init --remote failed with ${GIT_SUBMOD_RESULT}, please checkout submodules")
     endif()
     add_subdirectory(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/deps/logmessage ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/deps/logmessage EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
     add_definitions(-D_GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI=0)