diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index d7dc7261..2f886e35 100755
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -269,3 +269,6 @@
 [submodule "mods/unifieddyes"]
 	path = mods/unifieddyes
 	url = https://gitlab.com/VanessaE/unifieddyes
+[submodule "mods/basic_signs"]
+	path = mods/basic_signs
+	url = https://gitlab.com/VanessaE/basic_signs
diff --git a/mods/basic_signs b/mods/basic_signs
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..896a1935
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mods/basic_signs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 896a1935a6ca4a36737d49d335c53b8f53356718