diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c84716d..3abe593 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ description = "whispercpp: Pybind11 bindings for whisper.cpp"
 readme = { file = "README.md", content-type = "text/markdown" }
 license = { text = "Apache-2.0" }
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
-version = "0.0.4"
+version = "0.0.5"
 classifiers = [
     "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
     "Intended Audience :: Developers",
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2977635..2d5b1b6 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 
 def update_submodules(directory: str):
+    check_output(["git", "init"])
     check_output(["git", "submodule", "sync", "--recursive"], cwd=directory)
     check_output(["git", "submodule", "update", "--init", "--recursive"], cwd=directory)