diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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-[submodule "backend"]
-	path = backend
-	url = https://github.com/delefme/covid-tracability-backend
diff --git a/backend b/backend
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-Subproject commit c16e8d15baa438954f63c81372037e5e89af88ea