diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 4479b0734..f673c7acb 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 [submodule "crates/utils/translations"]
 	path = crates/utils/translations
 	url = https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-translations.git
+        branch = main