diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ This is an open-source project, licensed using [the MIT license](https://opensou
 For development and tests purpose it may be useful to install the project as a editable package with pip.
 
 - Use a virtualenv (e.g. with virtualenvwrapper `mkvirtualenv -a . dan`)
+- Initialize the [`Nerval`](https://gitlab.teklia.com/ner/nerval) submodule (e.g. `git submodule update --init --recursive`)
 - Install `dan` as a package (e.g. `pip install -e .`)
 
 ### Linter
diff --git a/docs/get_started/index.md b/docs/get_started/index.md
index ddc34d0fad9aca53dba03f1abc732d6e13057585..90e88151d4bc0991179d4e8068660404c251b803 100644
--- a/docs/get_started/index.md
+++ b/docs/get_started/index.md
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ To install DAN manually, you need to first clone via:
 git clone git@gitlab.teklia.com:atr/dan.git
 ```
 
+Then you can initialize the [`Nerval`](https://gitlab.teklia.com/ner/nerval) submodule:
+
+```shell
+git submodule update --init --recursive
+```
+
 Then you can install it via pip:
 
 ```shell
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 758964cef9c45bec8799828241470a9f196ca57a..3ac3aea259d4d272fc8975909b3f723d811cddef 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ extra:
       link: https://teklia.com
     - icon: fontawesome/brands/gitlab
       name: Git repository for this project
-      link: https://gitlab.com/teklia/atr/dan
+      link: https://gitlab.teklia.com/atr/dan
     - icon: fontawesome/brands/linkedin
       name: Teklia @ LinkedIn
       link: https://www.linkedin.com/company/teklia