diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index ac6e7e293f675117f535fe87cbb70707fcfbfe22..e3f0c288d34a2bbe769008486f72d5d8ba07b29d 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 [submodule "externals/km3net-dataformat"]
 	path = externals/km3net-dataformat
-	url = git@git.km3net.de:common/km3net-dataformat.git
+	url = ../../common/km3net-dataformat.git
+        branch = master
+        ignore = dirty