diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12bf9fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "msre_docker/openmc_install_scripts"]
+	path = msre_docker/openmc_install_scripts
+	url = git@github.com:bvhoof/openmc_install_scripts.git
diff --git a/msre_docker/Dockerfile b/msre_docker/Dockerfile
index 8a8dd9a..bb7aaf2 100644
--- a/msre_docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/msre_docker/Dockerfile
@@ -25,16 +25,17 @@ COPY openmc_install_scripts/Debian11/embree-install.sh .
 RUN ./embree-install.sh "$compile_cores"
 
 COPY openmc_install_scripts/Debian11/moab-install.sh .
-RUN ./moab-install.sh "$compile_cores"
+RUN sudo mkdir -p /opt/lib/cmake && sudo ./moab-install.sh "$compile_cores"
 
 COPY openmc_install_scripts/Debian11/double_down-install.sh .
-RUN ./double_down-install.sh "$compile_cores"
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && sudo ./double_down-install.sh "$compile_cores"
 
 COPY openmc_install_scripts/Debian11/dagmc-install.sh .
-RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && ./dagmc-install.sh "$compile_cores"
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && sudo ./dagmc-install.sh "$compile_cores"
 
 COPY openmc_install_scripts/Debian11/openmc-install.sh .
-RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && ./openmc-install.sh "$compile_cores"
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && sudo ./openmc-install.sh "$compile_cores"
+ENV PATH="${PATH}:/usr/local/lib/bin"
 
 #clean up a bit
 RUN rm *-install.sh
diff --git a/msre_docker/openmc_install_scripts b/msre_docker/openmc_install_scripts
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..5f459da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/msre_docker/openmc_install_scripts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 5f459da3a4556f3d296f5d597415ac961d74ebe8