diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e78ebb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "api/configs_repo"]
+	path = api/configs_repo
+	url = https://github.com/yusufkaraaslan/skill-seekers-configs.git
diff --git a/api/.gitignore b/api/.gitignore
index 5b97d50..2e95cc3 100644
--- a/api/.gitignore
+++ b/api/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-configs_repo/
+# configs_repo is now a git submodule, tracked in .gitmodules
+# configs_repo/
diff --git a/api/configs_repo b/api/configs_repo
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..09f65f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/configs_repo
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 09f65f885076a9ee1308f126b7ed7b43886ceeeb