diff --git a/workflow-pr/submodules.go b/workflow-pr/submodules.go
index 49c0ac3..379d79d 100644
--- a/workflow-pr/submodules.go
+++ b/workflow-pr/submodules.go
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"text/scanner"
+	"strings"
+	"unicode"
 )
 
 type Submodule struct {
@@ -13,40 +16,113 @@ type Submodule struct {
 
 var SyntaxError error = errors.New("Syntax error")
 
-func (sub *Submodule) parseSubmoduleName(s *scanner.Scanner) error {
-	s.Scan()
-	if s.TokenText() != "submodule" {
+func (sub *Submodule) parseSubmoduleName(line string) error {
+	line = strings.TrimSpace(line)
+	if line[0:10] != "submodule " {
 		return SyntaxError
 	}
-	s.Scan()
-	sub.Name = s.TokenText()
-	l := len(sub.Name)
-	if sub.Name[0] != '"' || sub.Name[l-1] != '"' || s.ErrorCount > 0 {
+
+	r := strings.NewReader(line[10:])
+
+	ch, _, err := r.ReadRune()
+	for ; ; ch, _, err = r.ReadRune() {
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%c %d", ch, 32)
+		}
+		if !unicode.IsSpace(ch) {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	if ch != '"' {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%c %d", ch, 36)
+		//		return SyntaxError
+	}
+
+	var b strings.Builder
+	for ch, _, err = r.ReadRune(); ch != '"'; ch, _, err = r.ReadRune() {
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%c %d", ch, 32)
+		}
+		b.WriteRune(ch)
+	}
+
+	if ch != '"' {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%c %d", ch, 45)
+		//		return SyntaxError
+	}
+
+	ch, _, err = r.ReadRune()
+
+	if ch != ']' || err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%c %d, %w", ch, 50, err)
+		//		return SyntaxError
+	}
+
+	sub.Name = b.String()
+
+	for ch, _, err = r.ReadRune(); ; ch, _, _ = r.ReadRune() {
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			return nil
+		}
+		if !unicode.IsSpace(ch) {
+			return SyntaxError
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *Submodule) parseKeyValue(line string) error {
+	eqLoc := strings.Index(line, "=")
+	if eqLoc < 0 || eqLoc == len(line)-1 {
 		return SyntaxError
 	}
-	sub.Name = sub.Name[1 : len(sub.Name)-1]
-	s.Scan()
-	if s.TokenText() != "]" {
+
+	key := strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(line[0:eqLoc]))
+	val := strings.TrimSpace(line[eqLoc+1:])
+
+	if len(val) == 0 {
 		return SyntaxError
 	}
+
+	switch key {
+	case "path":
+		s.Path = val
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
 func ParseSubmodulesFile(reader io.Reader) ([]Submodule, error) {
-	ret := make([]Submodule, 0, 100)
+	data, err := io.ReadAll(reader)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 
-	s := new(scanner.Scanner)
-	s.Init(reader)
+	var sub *Submodule
+	ret := []Submodule{}
 
-	sub := &Submodule{}
-	for tok := s.Scan(); tok != scanner.EOF; tok = s.Scan() {
-		t := s.TokenText()
-
-		if t == "[" {
-			if err := sub.parseSubmoduleName(s); err != nil {
+	lines := bytes.Split(data, []byte("\n"))
+	for _, l := range lines {
+		line := string(bytes.TrimSpace(l))
+		if len(line) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		if line[0] == '[' {
+			if sub != nil {
+				ret = append(ret, *sub)
+			}
+			sub = &Submodule{}
+			if err := sub.parseSubmoduleName(line[1:]); err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		} else if sub == nil {
+			return nil, SyntaxError
+		} else {
+			if err := sub.parseKeyValue(line); err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
 		}
+	}
+	if sub != nil {
 		ret = append(ret, *sub)
 	}
 	return ret, nil