diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 1dbfd77..ca00cd8 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 	path = external/wlr-protocols
 	url = https://github.com/swaywm/wlr-protocols.git
 	branch = master
-[submodule "subprojects/tllist"]
-	path = subprojects/tllist
+[submodule "external/tllist"]
+	path = external/tllist
 	url = https://codeberg.org/dnkl/tllist.git
diff --git a/external/tllist b/external/tllist
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..d61be2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external/tllist
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit d61be2b6238617d9bfd80aeb1ba0cef13d3a6aba