diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 956b7e7e..98fbcdc9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ help:   ## show this help
 	@grep -h "##" $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | grep -v grep | sed -e 's/\(.*\):.*##\(.*\)/    \1: \2/'
 
 prepare:
-	git submodule update --init
+	git submodule update --init --recursive
 	pre-commit install || echo "Install 'pre-commit' in a Python environment with: 'pip install pre-commit'"
 	hugo version || echo "Install Hugo from: https://gohugo.io"
 
diff --git a/config.yaml b/config.yaml
index 17ab81cf..30f67b9f 100644
--- a/config.yaml
+++ b/config.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 baseURL: "https://blog.scientific-python.org/"
 languageCode: "en-us"
 title: "Scientific Python blog"
-theme: ["hugo-atom-feed", "scientific-python-hugo-theme"]
+theme: scientific-python-hugo-theme
 relativeURLs: true
 disableKinds: ["RSS", "taxonomy"]
 ignoreErrors: ["error-disable-taxonomy"]