diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index db33d07..f3bf9c3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-Velocity/
+.direnv
+.envrc
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5845c0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[submodule "Velocity"]
+	path = Velocity
+	url = https://github.com/PaperMC/Velocity.git
+	shallow = true
diff --git a/Velocity b/Velocity
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..b9b1166
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Velocity
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit b9b11665b9a3926bdbf45986e6e0f736ca0d01cd
diff --git a/publish.sh b/publish.sh
index f895d67..104f290 100755
--- a/publish.sh
+++ b/publish.sh
@@ -1,17 +1,14 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env bash
-
-if [ ! -d "Velocity" ];
-then
-        git clone https://github.com/PaperMC/Velocity.git
-fi
+set -e
 
 cd Velocity
-git restore .
-git pull
-git clean -fd
 
 for patch in ../patches/*.patch; do
-        git apply $patch || exit
+    git apply $patch
 done
 
 ./gradlew publish
+
+ls ../patches/*.patch | tac | while read f; do
+    git apply -R $patch
+done