diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1fb4c412..cd126adc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ pnpm-debug.log*
 lerna-debug.log*
 
 node_modules
-dist
+dist/**/*
+!dist/.gitkeep
 dist-ssr
 *.local
 
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index e69de29b..4692868a 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "src-tauri/protobufs"]
+	path = src-tauri/protobufs
+	url = https://github.com/meshtastic/protobufs.git
diff --git a/dist/.gitkeep b/dist/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/src-tauri/protobufs b/src-tauri/protobufs
index ef2bc66b..2ccf7342 160000
--- a/src-tauri/protobufs
+++ b/src-tauri/protobufs
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit ef2bc66bba41e8ef98ea893e46eb36a2da40cb5e
+Subproject commit 2ccf73428da8dac87aca12a1f91ac5cd76a7442c