diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1c2ac93cb..8f3554ac2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -143,7 +143,9 @@ endif()
 # files used can be seen here:
 # https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Internals-Git-References
 set(git_directory "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/.git")
-if (EXISTS "${git_directory}")
+# Check for directory because if the repo is cloned as a git submodule, .git is
+# a file and below code doesn't work.
+if (IS_DIRECTORY "${git_directory}")
   set_property(DIRECTORY APPEND PROPERTY
       CMAKE_CONFIGURE_DEPENDS "${git_directory}/HEAD")
   file(STRINGS "${git_directory}/HEAD" git_head_data)
diff --git a/init b/init
index 029160f88..036e7ee20 100755
--- a/init
+++ b/init
@@ -102,11 +102,15 @@ setup_virtualenv tests/integration/ldap
 
 echo "Done installing dependencies for Memgraph"
 
-echo "Linking git hooks"
-for hook in $(find $DIR/.githooks -type f -printf "%f\n"); do
-  ln -s -f "$DIR/.githooks/$hook" "$DIR/.git/hooks/$hook"
-  echo "Added $hook hook"
-done;
+echo "Linking git hooks OR skip if .git folder is not there"
+if [ -d "$DIR/.git" ]; then
+  for hook in $(find $DIR/.githooks -type f -printf "%f\n"); do
+    ln -s -f "$DIR/.githooks/$hook" "$DIR/.git/hooks/$hook"
+    echo "Added $hook hook"
+  done;
+else
+  echo "WARNING: .git folder not present, skip adding hooks"
+fi
 
 # Install precommit hook except on old operating systems because we don't
 # develop on them -> pre-commit hook not required -> we can use latest