diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 07ecc94..adf74fd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ custom.el
 /projectile-bookmarks.eld
 /recentf
 /request
-/elpa
 /quelpa
 /ido.last*
 /hackernews
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 62344d4..366285a 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -70,3 +70,6 @@
 [submodule "lisp/ti-config/libraries"]
 	path = lisp/ti-config/libraries
 	url = git@github.com:pestctrl/work-emacs
+[submodule "elpa"]
+	path = elpa
+	url = git@github.com:pestctrl/emacs-elpa-folder
diff --git a/elpa b/elpa
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..32af557
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elpa
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 32af5573ec084664ea2e0a22335c2dac7b254463