diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 8b5b737335..ced5193716 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@
   branch = develop
 [submodule "WW3"]
   path = WW3
-  url = https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/WW3
-  branch = dev/ufs-weather-model
+  #url = https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/WW3
+  #branch = dev/ufs-weather-model
+  url = https://github.com/jessicameixner-noaa/ww3
+  branch = ufs/cppPR 
 [submodule "stochastic_physics"]
   path = stochastic_physics
   url = https://github.com/noaa-psd/stochastic_physics
diff --git a/WW3 b/WW3
index cad636d518..dd317947d1 160000
--- a/WW3
+++ b/WW3
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit cad636d518e9d43900f1f0db9bd6642b02ad62ca
+Subproject commit dd317947d14e06cb4bc713f53197e194f5e88a65