diff --git a/admin/sync/importer_gitbin.go b/admin/sync/importer_gitbin.go
index c8d75a70..5e0ad75e 100644
--- a/admin/sync/importer_gitbin.go
+++ b/admin/sync/importer_gitbin.go
@@ -122,6 +122,28 @@ func (i GitImporter) Sync() error {
 			log.Printf("Local git repository submodules clean failed: %s\n%s", err, stdout)
 			return fmt.Errorf("%w:\n%s", err, stdout)
 		}
+
+		// Start by a light hard reset (without submodules, in order to init new ones)
+		cmdreset := exec.Command("git", "-C", i.li.Base, "reset", "--hard", "origin/"+i.Branch)
+		stdout, err = cmdreset.CombinedOutput()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("Local git repository reset failed: %s\n%s", err, stdout)
+			return fmt.Errorf("%w:\n%s", err, stdout)
+		}
+
+		cmdsubinit := exec.Command("git", "-C", i.li.Base, "submodule", "init")
+		stdout, err = cmdsubinit.CombinedOutput()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("Local git repository submodule init failed: %s\n%s", err, stdout)
+			return fmt.Errorf("%w:\n%s", err, stdout)
+		}
+
+		cmdsubupdate := exec.Command("git", "-C", i.li.Base, "submodule", "update")
+		stdout, err = cmdsubupdate.CombinedOutput()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("Local git repository submodule init failed: %s\n%s", err, stdout)
+			return fmt.Errorf("%w:\n%s", err, stdout)
+		}
 	}
 
 	cmdreset := exec.Command("git", "-C", i.li.Base, "reset", "--hard", "--recurse-submodule", "origin/"+i.Branch)