diff --git a/include/Frate/System/GitProvider.hpp b/include/Frate/System/GitProvider.hpp
index 0c75635..e573304 100644
--- a/include/Frate/System/GitProvider.hpp
+++ b/include/Frate/System/GitProvider.hpp
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ namespace Frate::System {
     std::vector<GitCommit> commits;
     bool recurse_submodules{false};
     bool no_checkout{false};
+    bool verbose{false};
+    bool remote{false};
+    bool init{false};
     GitStatus status_result;
     std::string raw_result;
     std::string raw_error;
@@ -66,6 +69,11 @@ namespace Frate::System {
      * @return &GitProvider
      */
     GitProvider &push();
+    /*
+     * git submodule update
+     * @return &GitProvider
+     */
+    GitProvider &submoduleUpdate();
     /*
      * Pull command from git
      * @return &GitProvider
@@ -143,6 +151,10 @@ namespace Frate::System {
      * @return &GitProvider
      */
     GitProvider &setRecurseSubmodules(bool recurse);
+
+    GitProvider &setVerbose(bool verbose);
+    GitProvider &setRemote(bool remote);
+    GitProvider &setInit(bool init);
     /*
      * Intended to be chained before other commands
      * @param no_checkout adds --no-checkout to clone command
diff --git a/src/Project/TemplateManager.cpp b/src/Project/TemplateManager.cpp
index 5608612..7bc695e 100644
--- a/src/Project/TemplateManager.cpp
+++ b/src/Project/TemplateManager.cpp
@@ -263,8 +263,17 @@ namespace Frate {
           Utils::warning << "Template already installed" << std::endl;
           return template_info;
         }
-
-        git.checkout(hash);
+        try {
+          git.setRecurseSubmodules(true)
+              .checkout(hash)
+              .pull()
+              .setInit(true)
+              .setRemote(true)
+              .submoduleUpdate();
+        } catch (std::exception &e) {
+          Utils::error << e.what() << std::endl;
+          throw std::runtime_error("Failed to checkout template");
+        }
 
         if (std::filesystem::exists(new_template_path)) {
           Utils::verbose << "Template already exists at: " << new_template_path
@@ -305,7 +314,7 @@ namespace Frate {
 
         // Cleanup
 
-        std::filesystem::remove_all(tmp_path);
+        // std::filesystem::remove_all(tmp_path);
 
         return template_info;
       }
diff --git a/src/System/Git/GitProvider.cpp b/src/System/Git/GitProvider.cpp
index aa12fae..9fb9e18 100644
--- a/src/System/Git/GitProvider.cpp
+++ b/src/System/Git/GitProvider.cpp
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ namespace Frate::System {
     return *this;
   }
 
-  GitProvider &GitProvider::pull() { return *this; }
-
   GitProvider &GitProvider::clone(std::string url) {
     if (this->git_url.empty()) {
       if (url.empty()) {
@@ -123,6 +121,50 @@ namespace Frate::System {
     return *this;
   }
 
+  GitProvider &GitProvider::pull() {
+
+    std::string flags;
+
+    if (this->recurse_submodules) {
+      flags += " --recurse-submodules ";
+    }
+
+    Utils::CmdOutput out = Utils::hSystemWithOutput(
+        work_dir_cmd() + "git pull " + flags + " origin " + this->branch);
+
+    this->raw_result = out.std_out;
+    this->raw_error = out.std_err;
+
+    if (!this->raw_error.empty()) {
+      throw GitException(this->raw_error);
+    }
+
+    return *this;
+  }
+
+  GitProvider &GitProvider::submoduleUpdate() {
+    std::string flags;
+
+    if (this->init) {
+      flags += " --init ";
+    }
+
+    if (this->remote) {
+      flags += " --remote ";
+    }
+
+    Utils::CmdOutput out = Utils::hSystemWithOutput(
+        work_dir_cmd() + "git submodule update" + flags);
+    this->raw_result = out.std_out;
+    this->raw_error = out.std_err;
+
+    if (!this->raw_error.empty()) {
+      throw GitException(this->raw_error);
+    }
+
+    return *this;
+  }
+
   GitProvider &GitProvider::fetch() {
     Utils::CmdOutput out =
         Utils::hSystemWithOutput(work_dir_cmd() + "git fetch");
@@ -351,6 +393,21 @@ namespace Frate::System {
     return *this;
   }
 
+  GitProvider &GitProvider::setVerbose(bool verbose) {
+    this->verbose = verbose;
+    return *this;
+  }
+
+  GitProvider &GitProvider::setRemote(bool remote) {
+    this->remote = remote;
+    return *this;
+  }
+
+  GitProvider &GitProvider::setInit(bool init) {
+    this->init = init;
+    return *this;
+  }
+
   GitProvider &GitProvider::setNoCheckout(bool no_checkout) {
     this->no_checkout = no_checkout;
     return *this;