diff --git a/.clang-format b/.clang-format
index 2b06a23e..52c21be9 100644
--- a/.clang-format
+++ b/.clang-format
@@ -70,3 +70,6 @@ SortIncludes: Never                               # Do not sort `#include` state
 #AllowShortFunctionsOnASingleLine: Empty          # Allow short functions to be on a single line, if empty
 #AllowShortIfStatementsOnASingleLine: Never       # Never allow if statements to be on a single line
 
+# Insert braces after control statements
+InsertBraces true				  # Insert braces after control statements (if, else, for, do, and while)
+
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 0e53be2e..8891127a 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 [submodule "tpl/eigen"]
 	path = tpl/eigen
 	url = https://gitlab.com/libeigen/eigen.git
+[submodule "blt"]
+	path = blt
+	url = https://github.com/LLNL/blt.git