diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 7fa6e0621a11d86752d691f4ff0cc15732b99c8c..cc77558dec3aa8ce49d8326063f435959bd3e31a 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [submodule "3rdparty"]
-	path = petrack-binaries
+	path = 3rdparty
 	url = git@gitlab.fz-juelich.de:ped-dyn-emp/petrack-binaries
 	shallow = true