diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 20d9dd10..59314d59 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 !.config/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg
 !.config/emulationstation/themes
 !.config/emulationstation/themes/es-theme-carbon
+!.config/emulationstation/themes/simple
 
 #!.config/mc
 #!.config/mc/ini
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 9d07de54..9e523937 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 [submodule "es-theme-carbon"]
     path = .config/emulationstation/themes/es-theme-carbon
     url = https://github.com/RetroPie/es-theme-carbon.git
+[submodule "es-theme-simple"]
+    path = .config/emulationstation/themes/simple
+    url = https://github.com/nilsbyte/simple.git
 [submodule "oh-my-zsh"]
     path = .zsh/oh-my-zsh
     url = https://github.com/hanez/oh-my-zsh.git