diff --git a/jenkins/build.sh b/jenkins/build.sh
index 2bfa054..cf89b16 100755
--- a/jenkins/build.sh
+++ b/jenkins/build.sh
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ source env/bin/activate
 python --version
 
 pip install -r requirements.txt
+git submodule init
 git submodule update --remote --recursive
 deactivate
diff --git a/jenkins/deploy.sh b/jenkins/deploy.sh
index e86fd0d..5fe4b18 100755
--- a/jenkins/deploy.sh
+++ b/jenkins/deploy.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 export ODDBROOT="od-database"
 
 screen -S oddb_web -X quit
+killall -9 uwsgi
 echo "starting oddb_web"
 screen -S oddb_web -d -m bash -c "cd ${ODDBROOT} && uwsgi od-database.ini"
 sleep 1