diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 45c6b76..ee8e17f 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -148,3 +148,6 @@
 [submodule "mods/digistuff"]
 	path = mods/digistuff
 	url = https://cheapiesystems.com/git/digistuff
+[submodule "mods/forceload"]
+	path = mods/forceload
+	url = https://github.com/rubenwardy/forceload.git
diff --git a/minetest.conf b/minetest.conf
index a1bb87e..fce3d18 100644
--- a/minetest.conf
+++ b/minetest.conf
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ enable_pvp = true
 # efficiency
 player_transfer_distance = 32
 active_object_send_range_blocks = 16
+max_forceloaded_blocks = 256
 
 # make it nice
 new_style_leaves = 1
diff --git a/mods/forceload b/mods/forceload
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..b60d128
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mods/forceload
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit b60d128c7cc0f87acb89e4dcbe652473e8701aeb