diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index e251046..264bcf2 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 [submodule "libs/tree-sitter-c"]
 	path = libs/tree-sitter-c
-	url = https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-c
+  url = https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-c
+  ignore = dirty
 [submodule "libs/tree-sitter"]
 	path = libs/tree-sitter
-	url = https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter.git
+  url = https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter.git
+  ignore = dirty
 [submodule "libs/tree-sitter-ruby"]
 	path = libs/tree-sitter-ruby
-	url = https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-ruby.git
+  url = https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-ruby.git
+  ignore = dirty
 [submodule "libs/libgrapheme"]
 	path = libs/libgrapheme
-	url = https://git.suckless.org/libgrapheme
+  url = https://git.suckless.org/libgrapheme
+  ignore = dirty
diff --git a/src/helper_functions.c b/src/helper_functions.c
index 872c4cc..0ef9e71 100644
--- a/src/helper_functions.c
+++ b/src/helper_functions.c
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #include "helper_functions.h"
+#include "../libs/libgrapheme/grapheme.h"
 #include "../libs/unicode_width/unicode_width.h"
 #include "editor.h"
 #include "node.h"
 #include "snake.h"
-#include <grapheme.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdio.h>