diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..38b8bc1019b78abd679697d267b8643eaf908070 100644
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+[submodule "papers/joss_paper"]
+	path = papers/joss_paper
+	url = git@gitlab.com:dhendriks/paper_joss_binarycpython.git
diff --git a/papers/joss_paper b/papers/joss_paper
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+Subproject commit 6c9dc288be08543f8242e1b9c3d41d372fc08389