diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d050aa4c..1ce38cfb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ pids
 logs
 results
  
-node_modules
-npm-debug.log
+node_modules/*
+!node_modules/react-s3-fineuploader
 
 build
 
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..47dc5ffc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "react-s3-fineuploader"]
+	path = react-s3-fineuploader
+	url = git@bitbucket.org:ascribe/react-s3-fineuploader.git
diff --git a/react-s3-fineuploader b/react-s3-fineuploader
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..2161e28e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/react-s3-fineuploader
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 2161e28e1bf5f69719c8b376ecb24fd3334806ba