diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 77a9b5c..dde1dbb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 # Changes
 
+* **V0.7.1** Bug fix for the issue where updates were not being applied on Windows.
+  * **For those who have been using versions 0.5 through 0.6, please perform a manual git pull in the custom_nodes/ComfyUI-Manager directory.**
 * **V0.7** To address the issue of a slow list refresh, separate the fetch update and update check processes.
 * **V0.6** Support extension installation for missing nodes.
 * **V0.5** Removed external git program dependencies.
diff --git a/__init__.py b/__init__.py
index d45dc35..a49eb27 100644
--- a/__init__.py
+++ b/__init__.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ sys.path.append('../..')
 from torchvision.datasets.utils import download_url
 
 # ensure .js
-print("### Loading: ComfyUI-Manager (V0.7)")
+print("### Loading: ComfyUI-Manager (V0.7.1)")
 
 comfy_path = os.path.dirname(folder_paths.__file__)
 custom_nodes_path = os.path.join(comfy_path, 'custom_nodes')
diff --git a/git_helper.py b/git_helper.py
index 8d14be4..02c61c2 100644
--- a/git_helper.py
+++ b/git_helper.py
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ def gitpull(path):
     # Pull the latest changes from the remote repository
     repo = git.Repo(path)
     origin = repo.remote(name='origin')
-    origin.pull(submodule_update='recursive')
+    origin.pull()
+    repo.git.submodule('update', '--init', '--recursive')
 
     repo.close()