diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 598b9c1c9e846089ec53b962074b8240c140a741..3ed405726a18f7cadfb6564ddac81f1ae6bd261b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -99,15 +99,11 @@ from within the `commands/` directory
 ### Running unit tests
 There are two versions of the general unit tests. The first includes only the actual code of the project, and is located at `binarycpython/test/main.py`. The second includes the tutorial notebooks, and is located at `binarycpython/test/main_with_notebooks.py`. To run just the notebook tests run `python binarycpython/tests/test_notebooks.py`
 
-### Pulling the JOSS paper article repo
-We've written a JOSS paper for `binary_c-python`, which is stored in https://gitlab.com/dhendriks/paper_joss_binarycpython, but is also added as a submodule to this repository. To initialise and pull the repo as a submodule, run
+## Submitting an issue or suggestion features/changes
+If you encounter an issue with the code, or if you want to suggest extra features or changes in the code, please submit an issue at https://gitlab.com/binary_c/binary_c-python/-/issues/new.
 
-```
-git submodule update --init --recursive
-```
-
-## FAQ/Issues:
-Here we provide a non-exhaustive list of some issues we encountered and solutions for these: 
+## FAQ:
+Here we provide a non-exhaustive list of some installation issues we encountered and solutions for these: 
 
 Building issues with binary_c itself: 
 - see the documentation of binary_c (in doc/). 
diff --git a/docs/source/index.rst b/docs/source/index.rst
index dd3e4bb0cd3a29294bc3d9a19cc70e9470cdd746..ceb0a87a4bb3b372d128ea82c244b9fd31a16c94 100644
--- a/docs/source/index.rst
+++ b/docs/source/index.rst
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Welcome to binary_c-python's documentation!
    binary_c_parameters
    grid_options_descriptions
    Visit the GitLab repo <https://gitlab.eps.surrey.ac.uk/ri0005/binary_c-python>
-   Submit an issue <https://gitlab.eps.surrey.ac.uk/ri0005/binary_c-python/-/issues/new>
+   Submit an issue <https://gitlab.com/binary_c/binary_c-python/-/issues/new>
 
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