diff --git a/.github/workflows/pages-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/pages-deploy.yml
index efa660bde..0e6edb2e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pages-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pages-deploy.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout 🛎️
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: recursive
       
       - name: Use Node.js 💻
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
@@ -28,6 +30,10 @@ jobs:
           
       - name: Build Modules 🔧
         run: yarn build --tsc --lint
+      
+      
+      - name: include java json
+        run: cp -r src/java-packages build
 
       - name: Deploy 🚀
         uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
index be0442de9..82c5a5499 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
         - name: Check out source code
           uses: actions/checkout@v4
-          
+          with:
+            submodules: recursive
+            
         - name: Use Node.js 💻
           uses: actions/setup-node@v4
           with:
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..46e8a3f2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[submodule "src/java/java-packages"]
+	path = src/java/java-packages
+	url = https://github.com/source-academy/java-packages
+[submodule "src/java-packages"]
+	path = src/java-packages
+	url = https://github.com/source-academy/java-packages
diff --git a/src/java-packages b/src/java-packages
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..db850e429
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/java-packages
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit db850e429c9e08d0f285fa05498ac0b7cbec1323