diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/files/dgitProvider.ts b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/files/dgitProvider.ts
index 10d2c76c7a..c2928320e1 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/files/dgitProvider.ts
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/files/dgitProvider.ts
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ class DGitProvider extends Plugin {
       const permission = await this.askUserPermission('clone', 'Import multiple files into your workspaces.')
       if (!permission) return false
       if (parseFloat(this.calculateLocalStorage()) > 10000) throw new Error('The local storage of the browser is full.')
-      if (!workspaceExists) await this.call('filePanel', 'createWorkspace', workspaceName || `workspace_${Date.now()}`, true)
+      if (!workspaceExists) await this.call('filePanel', 'createWorkspace', workspaceName || `workspace_${Date.now()}`, '', true)
       const cmd = {
         url: input.url,
         singleBranch: input.singleBranch,
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ class DGitProvider extends Plugin {
         ...await this.parseInput(input),
         ...await this.getGitConfig()
       }
-      this.call('terminal', 'logHtml', `Cloning ${input.url}...`)
+      this.call('terminal', 'logHtml', `Cloning ${input.url}... please wait...`)
       const result = await git.clone(cmd)
       if (!workspaceExists) {
         setTimeout(async () => {
@@ -453,6 +453,12 @@ class DGitProvider extends Plugin {
         }, 1000)
       }
       this.emit('clone')
+      this.call('fileManager', 'hasGitSubmodules').then((submodules) => {
+        if (submodules) {
+          this.call('terminal', 'log', { type: 'warn', value: 'This repository has submodules. Please update submodules to pull all the dependencies.' })
+          this.emit('repositoryWithSubmodulesCloned')
+        }
+      })
       return result
     }
   }
diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/files/fileManager.ts b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/files/fileManager.ts
index b2d0117246..bf0564d814 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide/src/app/files/fileManager.ts
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/src/app/files/fileManager.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const profile = {
   methods: ['closeAllFiles', 'closeFile', 'file', 'exists', 'open', 'writeFile', 'writeMultipleFiles', 'writeFileNoRewrite',
     'readFile', 'copyFile', 'copyDir', 'rename', 'mkdir', 'readdir', 'dirList', 'fileList', 'remove', 'getCurrentFile', 'getFile',
     'getFolder', 'setFile', 'switchFile', 'refresh', 'getProviderOf', 'getProviderByName', 'getPathFromUrl', 'getUrlFromPath',
-    'saveCurrentFile', 'setBatchFiles', 'isGitRepo', 'isFile', 'isDirectory', 'hasGitSubmodule', 'copyFolderToJson'
+    'saveCurrentFile', 'setBatchFiles', 'isGitRepo', 'isFile', 'isDirectory', 'hasGitSubmodules', 'copyFolderToJson'
   ],
   kind: 'file-system'
 }
diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/src/remixEngine.js b/apps/remix-ide/src/remixEngine.js
index baaf75deda..479beac7ad 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide/src/remixEngine.js
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/src/remixEngine.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export class RemixEngine extends Engine {
   setPluginOption ({ name, kind }) {
     if (kind === 'provider') return { queueTimeout: 60000 * 2 }
     if (name === 'LearnEth') return { queueTimeout: 60000 }
-    if (name === 'dGitProvider') return { queueTimeout: 60000 * 4 }
+    if (name === 'dGitProvider') return { queueTimeout: 60000 * 30 }
     if (name === 'slither') return { queueTimeout: 60000 * 4 } // Requires when a solc version is installed
     if (name === 'hardhat') return { queueTimeout: 60000 * 4 }
     if (name === 'truffle') return { queueTimeout: 60000 * 4 }
diff --git a/libs/remix-ui/workspace/src/lib/remix-ui-workspace.tsx b/libs/remix-ui/workspace/src/lib/remix-ui-workspace.tsx
index 76ddc09e1c..85860d03a5 100644
--- a/libs/remix-ui/workspace/src/lib/remix-ui-workspace.tsx
+++ b/libs/remix-ui/workspace/src/lib/remix-ui-workspace.tsx
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ export function Workspace() {
   const [showDropdown, setShowDropdown] = useState<boolean>(false)
   const [showIconsMenu, hideIconsMenu] = useState<boolean>(false)
   const [showBranches, setShowBranches] = useState<boolean>(false)
+  const [highlightUpdateSubmodules, setHighlightUpdateSubmodules] = useState<boolean>(false)
   const [branchFilter, setBranchFilter] = useState<string>('')
   const displayOzCustomRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>()
   const mintableCheckboxRef = useRef()
@@ -123,6 +124,10 @@ export function Workspace() {
         cloneGitRepository()
       }
     }
+
+    global.plugin.on('dGitProvider', 'repositoryWithSubmodulesCloned', () => {
+      setHighlightUpdateSubmodules(true)
+    })
   }, [])
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -677,6 +682,7 @@ export function Workspace() {
 
   const updateSubModules = async () => {
     try {
+      setHighlightUpdateSubmodules(false)
       await global.dispatchUpdateGitSubmodules()
     } catch (e) {
       console.error(e)
@@ -1205,11 +1211,11 @@ export function Workspace() {
       {selectedWorkspace && (
         <div className={`bg-light border-top ${selectedWorkspace.isGitRepo && currentBranch ? 'd-block' : 'd-none'}`} data-id="workspaceGitPanel">
           <div className="d-flex justify-space-between p-1">
-            <div className="mr-auto text-uppercase text-dark pt-2 pl-2">GIT</div>
+            <div className="mr-auto text-uppercase text-dark pt-2 px-1">GIT</div>
             {selectedWorkspace.hasGitSubmodules?
               <div className="pt-1 mr-1">
-                {global.fs.browser.isRequestingCloning ? <div style={{ height: 30 }} className='btn btn-sm border text-muted small'><i className="fad fa-spinner fa-spin"></i> updating submodules</div> :
-                  <div style={{ height: 30 }} onClick={updateSubModules} data-id='updatesubmodules' className='btn btn-sm border text-muted small'>update submodules</div>}
+                {global.fs.browser.isRequestingCloning ? <div style={{ height: 30, minWidth: 165 }} className='btn btn-sm border text-muted small'><i className="fad fa-spinner fa-spin"></i> updating submodules</div> :
+                  <div style={{ height: 30, minWidth: 165 }} onClick={updateSubModules} data-id='updatesubmodules' className={`btn btn-sm border small ${highlightUpdateSubmodules ? 'text-warning' : 'text-muted'}`}>update submodules</div>}
               </div>
               : null}
             <div className="pt-1 mr-1" data-id="workspaceGitBranchesDropdown">