diff --git a/.github/workflows/acore-ci-cd.yml b/.github/workflows/acore-ci-cd.yml
index 3396aef93..6ddb5a58d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/acore-ci-cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/acore-ci-cd.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          submodules: recursive
+
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: lts/*
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 9e603bd1d..f35f4244c 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-[submodule "apps/git-subrepo"]
-	path = apps/git-subrepo
-	url = https://github.com/ingydotnet/git-subrepo
 [submodule "apps/bash-lib"]
 	path = apps/bash-lib
 	url = https://github.com/azerothcore/bash-lib
diff --git a/app.sh b/app.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 7ebff5f4b..000000000
--- a/app.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -e
-
-ROOT_PATH="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )/"
-
-git submodule foreach git pull origin master
-
-source "$ROOT_PATH/apps/git-utils/subrepo.sh"
-
-echo "> Pulling and update all subrepos"
-
-subrepoUpdate https://github.com/azerothcore/git-utils  master apps/git-utils
-
-subrepoUpdate https://github.com/azerothcore/git-utils  master srv/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/acore-wp-plugin/apps/git-utils
-
-subrepoUpdate https://github.com/azerothcore/acore-php-framework src/acore-wp-plugin/vendor/acore-php/acore-php
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diff --git a/apps/git-subrepo b/apps/git-subrepo
deleted file mode 160000
index a04d8c2e5..000000000
--- a/apps/git-subrepo
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit a04d8c2e55c31931d66b5c92ef6d4fe4c59e3226
diff --git a/apps/git-utils/.gitrepo b/apps/git-utils/.gitrepo
deleted file mode 100644
index 3b9f390c5..000000000
--- a/apps/git-utils/.gitrepo
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-; DO NOT EDIT (unless you know what you are doing)
-;
-; This subdirectory is a git "subrepo", and this file is maintained by the
-; git-subrepo command. See https://github.com/git-commands/git-subrepo#readme
-;
-[subrepo]
-	remote = https://github.com/azerothcore/git-utils
-	branch = master
-	commit = e01d64d8e60aef54437cb04afbc79edd6abbf7d7
-	method = merge
-	cmdver = 0.4.1
-	parent = 8efc13c898b3e69a89f334cfffa2c1789a2bd992
diff --git a/apps/git-utils/subrepo.sh b/apps/git-utils/subrepo.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 27b266e9a..000000000
--- a/apps/git-utils/subrepo.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-
-
-CUR_PATH="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )/"
-
-echo "> Init and updating submodules..."
-[ ! -d "$CUR_PATH/../git-subrepo" ] && git submodule add --force https://github.com/ingydotnet/git-subrepo apps/git-subrepo 
-git submodule update --init apps/git-subrepo
-
-source "$CUR_PATH/../git-subrepo/.rc"
-
-function subrepoUpdate() {
-    repo=$1
-    branch=$2
-    folder=$3
-
-    toClone=$(git ls-remote --heads "$repo" "$branch" | wc -l)
-
-    if [[ -d "$folder" ]]; then
-        if [[ ! -f "$folder/.gitrepo" ]]; then
-            git subrepo init "$folder" -r "$repo" -b "$branch"
-        fi
-
-        if [[ $toClone -eq 0 ]]; then
-            git subrepo push "$folder"
-        fi
-    else
-        # try-catch
-        set +e
-        git subrepo clone "$repo" "$folder" -b "$branch"
-        set -e
-    fi
-
-    git subrepo clean "$folder"
-    git subrepo pull "$folder"
-    git subrepo push "$folder" -s
-    git subrepo clean "$folder"
-}
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diff --git a/apps/git-utils/subtree.sh b/apps/git-utils/subtree.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 8659e6061..000000000
--- a/apps/git-utils/subtree.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-function subtreeFlow {
-    local name=$1
-    local path=$2
-    local repo=$3
-    local branch=$4
-    local prefix="$path/$name"
-
-    echo "> Adding subtree if not exists"
-    git subtree add   --prefix "$prefix" "$repo" "$branch"
-    echo "> Pulling latest changes from remote subtree"
-    git subtree pull  --prefix "$prefix" "$repo" "$branch"
-}
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diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
index d3ae93390..e3b3fff43 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@ About **Nodejs & npm**, you can install it from [here](https://nodejs.org/en/).
 
 ## Installation & Usage
 
+### 0. Run the init scripts
+
+Run the `init.sh` script to initialize the project and set up the required configuration files. This script will also clone the necessary submodules.
+
+```bash
+./init.sh
+```
+
 ### 1. Configure your .env file
 
 Create an `.env` file and copy the `.env.docker` content file to `.env`, configuring the variables as you prefer.
diff --git a/init.sh b/init.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ee891150
--- /dev/null
+++ b/init.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+
+# Ensure submodules are initialized and updated on pull
+git config submodule.recurse true
+
+# Initialize and update all submodules (including nested ones)
+echo "Initializing and updating submodules..."
+git submodule update --init --recursive
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