diff --git a/.github/workflows/esp_idf.yml b/.github/workflows/esp_idf.yml
index bb244d0..d0958e0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/esp_idf.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/esp_idf.yml
@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@ jobs:
   build_esp32_v4_4:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+    - name: Checkout repo
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:
+        submodules: 'recursive'
     - name: ESP-IDF v4.4 build esp32
       uses: espressif/esp-idf-ci-action@v1
       with:
-        # submodules: 'recursive'
         esp_idf_version: v4.4
         target: esp32
-        command: idf.py build
-        path: ''