diff --git a/tests/lib/test_cloner.py b/tests/lib/test_cloner.py
index f837229..79277b5 100644
--- a/tests/lib/test_cloner.py
+++ b/tests/lib/test_cloner.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from cloner_test_fixtures import *
 from repo_cloner.lib.cloner import Cloner
 from pathlib import Path
 import logging
+import unittest.mock
 
 
 def mock_time() -> float:
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ class MockConfig:
 		self.cloner_project_name = "Mocked Project"
 		self.cloner_interval = 0
 		self.cloner_submodules = False
+		self.cloner_submodule_depth = 100
 
 
 class MockDirStruct:
@@ -71,6 +73,13 @@ def test_init_invalid_config(tmp_path, caplog):
 	assert "Cache dir for project Mocked Project not found -> creating" in caplog.text
 
 
+def test_init_create_dirs(cloner_dir_with_config):
+	dirs = MockDirStruct(cloner_dir_with_config)
+	dirs.config.cloner_repo_url = "https://repo"
+	Cloner(dirs)
+	assert cloner_dir_with_config.joinpath("cache", "submodules").exists()
+
+
 def test_check_interval(cloner_dir_struct: Path, monkeypatch):
 	mock = MockDirStruct(cloner_dir_struct)
 	mock.config.cloner_repo_url = "git@mocked:/path"
@@ -236,7 +245,7 @@ def test_open_initialized(cloner_dir_with_config, path_repo_base, caplog):
 	assert c._repo._repo.head.commit.hexsha == commit
 
 
-def test_clone_from_url(tmp_path, path_repo_base):
+def test_clone(tmp_path, path_repo_base):
 	mock = MockDirStruct(tmp_path)
 	mock.config.cloner_repo_url = "invalid"
 	c = Cloner(mock)
@@ -244,7 +253,7 @@ def test_clone_from_url(tmp_path, path_repo_base):
 	assert "e0c7e2a72579e24657c05e875201011d2b48bf94" == c._repo._repo.head.commit.hexsha
 
 
-def test_clone_from_url_initialized(tmp_path, path_repo_base, caplog):
+def test_clone_initialized(tmp_path, path_repo_base, caplog):
 	mock = MockDirStruct(tmp_path)
 	hashed = gen_repo_hashed_name(path_repo_base.as_uri())
 	path = tmp_path.joinpath("repos", hashed).as_posix()
@@ -254,3 +263,31 @@ def test_clone_from_url_initialized(tmp_path, path_repo_base, caplog):
 	assert not c.clone(path_repo_base.as_uri())
 	assert caplog.records[0].levelname == "CRITICAL"
 	assert caplog.records[0].message == f"Repo path {path} is initialized... Refusing clone!"
+
+
+def test_clone_recursive(tmp_path, path_repo_base, caplog):
+	from unittest.mock import patch, PropertyMock
+	mock = MockDirStruct(tmp_path)
+	mock.config.cloner_repo_url = "https://repo"
+	mock.config.cloner_submodules = True
+	Path(mock.repos_dir).mkdir()
+
+	with patch(
+			"repo_cloner.lib.cloner.RepoTool.initialized",
+			new_callable = PropertyMock,
+			return_value = False) as patch_initialized, \
+			patch(
+				"repo_cloner.lib.cloner.RepoTool.clone_recursive",
+				return_value = True) as patch_clone_recursive:
+		cloner = Cloner(mock)
+		assert cloner.clone()
+
+		assert patch_initialized.call_count == 1
+		assert patch_clone_recursive.call_count == 1
+		patch_clone_recursive.assert_called_with(
+			'https://repo', tmp_path.joinpath('cache', 'submodules').as_posix(), scan_depth = 100)
+
+		mock.config.cloner_submodule_depth = 0
+		assert cloner.clone()
+		patch_clone_recursive.assert_called_with(
+			'https://repo', tmp_path.joinpath('cache', 'submodules').as_posix(), scan_depth = None)