diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..037fb59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "vendored/directories"]
+	path = vendored/directories
+	url = git@github.com:ReactorScram/directories-rs.git
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c0eba7b..37d6ed2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ checksum = "06821ea598337a8412cf47c5b71c3bc694a7f0aed188ac28b836fab164a2c202"
 [[package]]
 name = "directories"
 version = "4.0.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f51c5d4ddabd36886dd3e1438cb358cdcb0d7c499cb99cb4ac2e38e18b5cb210"
 dependencies = [
  "dirs-sys",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c6e9d2e..552bd15 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ version = "0.1.6"
 
 [dependencies]
 configparser = "3.0.0"
-directories = "4.0.1"
+directories = { path = "vendored/directories" }
 mac_address = "1.1.2"
 rand = "0.8.4"
 thiserror = "1.0.30"
diff --git a/vendored/directories b/vendored/directories
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..6b95e63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendored/directories
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 6b95e6319cb69933c07dba98e6af26d7145e0bd9