diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 946df02d35de886e08c1a70db9693ba06d375186..5763b99c6061b1625a5398d20661e92b0b21a4df 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "podd"]
 	path = podd
-	url = https://github.com/JeffersonLab/analyzer.git
+	url = git://github.com/JeffersonLab/analyzer.git