diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ca7fd56..642f83c 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 .idea/**/usage.statistics.xml
 .idea/**/dictionaries
 .idea/**/shelf
+.idea
 
 # AWS User-specific
 .idea/**/aws.xml
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3b4600a..274f960 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 default:
-	echo "installing teambrains dev tools"
-	pip install mkdocs
-	pip install mkdocs-material
-	echo "installing teambrains git submodules"
-	# https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Tools-Submodules
-	git submodule add git@github.com:cogiway/faq2_api.git
-	git submodule add git@github.com:cogiway/faq2_example.git
-	git submodule add git@github.com:cogiway/faq2_model.git
-	git submodule init
-	echo "checking requirements"
+	bash init_repo.sh
 documentation:
 	echo "build mkdoc"
 	mkdocs build
diff --git a/init_repo.sh b/init_repo.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1882a2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/init_repo.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+echo "installing teambrains dev tools"
+pip install mkdocs
+pip install mkdocs-material
+echo "installing teambrains git submodules"
+# https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Tools-Submodules
+if [ -d "faq2_api" ]; then
+    git submodule add git@github.com:cogiway/faq2_api.git
+fi
+if [ -d "faq2_example" ]; then
+    git submodule add -f git@github.com:cogiway/faq2_example.git
+fi
+if [ ! hash mkdocs]; then
+
+fi
+if [ -d "faq2_model" ]; then
+    git submodule add -f git@github.com:cogiway/faq2_model.git
+fi
+
+git submodule init
+git submodule sync
+git submodule update
+echo "checking requirements"