diff --git a/add-submodules.sh b/add-submodules.sh
index a879167..f508467 100755
--- a/add-submodules.sh
+++ b/add-submodules.sh
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ git submodule add --name tmux/tmux-dark-notify \
 # Takes submodules and sets them to ignore all changes
 for MODULE in $(git config --file .gitmodules --get-regexp path | awk '{ print $2 }'); do
   echo "Ignoring submodule changes for submodule.${MODULE}..."
-  git config "submodule.${MODULE}.ignore" all
+  git config "submodule.${MODULE}.ignore" "dirty"
 done
 
 # Mark certain repositories shallow