diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index f4962482..0f0dfa61 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -50,3 +50,6 @@
 [submodule ".oh-my-zsh-plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting"]
 	path = .oh-my-zsh-plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting
 	url = git://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git
+[submodule "common/todoman"]
+	path = common/todoman
+	url = https://git.barrera.io/hobarrera/todoman.git
diff --git a/common/configure_fresh_system b/common/configure_fresh_system
index e5efb320..4830564b 100755
--- a/common/configure_fresh_system
+++ b/common/configure_fresh_system
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ ln -vfs "$DIR/.conky" ~/.
 ln -vfs "$DIR/.gitconfig.linux.private" ~/.gitconfig
 mkdir -p ~/.config/autostart/
 ln -vfs "$DIR/.config/autostart/conky.desktop" ~/.config/autostart/
+mkdir -p ~/.config/todoman/
+ln -vfs "$DIR/.config/todoman/todoman.conf" ~/.config/todoman/
 
 # tools
 ln -vfs "$DIR/tools" ~/
@@ -54,6 +56,10 @@ rvm install ruby
 sudo ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node
 sudo npm install -g reveal-md
 
+# todoman
+cd "$DIR/common/todoman/"
+sudo python3 setup.py install
+
 echo
 echo "now go ahead and restart"
 echo
diff --git a/common/todoman b/common/todoman
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..a7c327be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/todoman
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit a7c327be6f84c3585028a48b46743ce94afaf5ef
diff --git a/ubuntu/configure_fresh_system b/ubuntu/configure_fresh_system
index 6276cee2..138d60d9 100755
--- a/ubuntu/configure_fresh_system
+++ b/ubuntu/configure_fresh_system
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 sudo apt-get update
 sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y
-sudo apt-get install -y meld whois zsh tmux vim atop aria2 curl pv pixz gajim tor torsocks nodejs npm terminator gsmartcontrol python-pip mesa-utils mesa-utils-extra aptitude p7zip-full p7zip-rar thunderbird mercurial kdiff3 gnupg2
+sudo apt-get install -y meld whois zsh tmux vim atop aria2 curl pv pixz gajim tor torsocks nodejs npm terminator gsmartcontrol python-pip mesa-utils mesa-utils-extra aptitude p7zip-full p7zip-rar thunderbird mercurial kdiff3 gnupg2 python3-setuptools
 
 DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 DIR="$DIR/../"