diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index d9afc26..e69de29 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "plugins/tpm"]
-	path = plugins/tpm
-	url = https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm
diff --git a/plugins/tpm b/plugins/tpm
deleted file mode 160000
index 99469c4..0000000
--- a/plugins/tpm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 99469c4a9b1ccf77fade25842dc7bafbc8ce9946
diff --git a/tmux.conf b/tmux.conf
index e0149eb..6eca7a5 100644
--- a/tmux.conf
+++ b/tmux.conf
@@ -64,5 +64,8 @@ set -g @plugin "nordtheme/tmux"
 # set -g @plugin 'git@github.com:user/plugin'
 # set -g @plugin 'git@bitbucket.com:user/plugin'
 
+# Automatically install tpm
+if "test ! -d ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm" "run 'git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm && ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm/bin/install_plugins'"
+
 # Initialize TMUX plugin manager (keep this line at the very bottom of tmux.conf)
 run  "${HOME}/.config/tmux/plugins/tpm/tpm"