diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 17e642cd17a55cff0ffb92241de0140dbc7baa41..36a08134c1e16e4c53510d45c8f7b8569952e795 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 [submodule "community/bytewerk"]
 	path = community/bytewerk
 	url = https://github.com/cijavel/tileset_Bytewerk.git
+	branch = main