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 Building ct.js requires [Node and npm](https://nodejs.org/en/download/) installed on your machine.
 
 ```sh
-git clone git@gitlab.com:CoMiGo/ctjs.git ctjs
+git clone --recurse-submodules -j8 git@gitlab.com:CoMiGo/ctjs.git ctjs
 cd ./ctjs
 npm install gulp-cli -g
 gulp -f devSetup.gulpfile.js