diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index b6bef34..b643cd5 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -74,3 +74,7 @@
 [submodule "cosmic-randr"]
 	path = cosmic-randr
 	url = https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-randr.git
+[submodule "cosmic-files"]
+	path = cosmic-files
+	url = https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-files.git
+	branch = master_jammy
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 99d2c3c..49ec830 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,27 +5,34 @@ Currently an incomplete **pre-alpha**. Testing instructions below for various di
 
 ## Components of COSMIC Desktop
 * [cosmic-applets](https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-applets)
-* [cosmic-applibrary](https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-applibrary)
 * [cosmic-comp](https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-comp)
+* [cosmic-edit](https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-edit)
+* [cosmic-files](https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-files)
 * [cosmic-launcher](https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-launcher)
 * [cosmic-notifications](https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-notifications)
 * [cosmic-osd](https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-osd)
 * [cosmic-panel](https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-panel)
-* [cosmic-protocols](https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-protocols)
 * [cosmic-randr](https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-randr)
-* [cosmic-settings](https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-settings)
-* [cosmic-settings-daemon](https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-settings-daemon)
 * [cosmic-session](https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-session)
-* [cosmic-text](https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-text)
-* [cosmic-edit](https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-edit)
+* [cosmic-settings-daemon](https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-settings-daemon)
+* [cosmic-settings](https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-settings)
 * [cosmic-term](https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-term)
-* [cosmic-theme](https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-theme)
 * [cosmic-theme-editor](https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-theme-editor)
-* [cosmic-time](https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-time)
 * [cosmic-workspaces-epoch](https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-workspaces-epoch)
-* [libcosmic](https://github.com/pop-os/libcosmic)
 * [xdg-desktop-portal-cosmic](https://github.com/pop-os/xdg-desktop-portal-cosmic)
 
+### COSMIC libraries/crates
+
+* [cosmic-protocols](https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-protocols)
+* [cosmic-text](https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-text)
+* [cosmic-theme](https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-theme)
+* [cosmic-time](https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-time)
+* [libcosmic](https://github.com/pop-os/libcosmic)
+
+### COSMIC examples/templates
+
+* [cosmic-applibrary](https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-applibrary)
+
 ## Setup on distributions without packaging of cosmic components
 
 The COSMIC desktop environment requires a few dependencies:
diff --git a/cosmic-files b/cosmic-files
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..a43de15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cosmic-files
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit a43de156272e9068a8e143fb0e6187b05ff0101b
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 2322562..c80f46f 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ build:
     {{ just }} cosmic-bg/build-release
     {{ make }} -C cosmic-comp all
     {{ just }} cosmic-edit/build-release
+    {{ just }} cosmic-files/build-release
     {{ just }} cosmic-greeter/build-release
     {{ just }} cosmic-launcher/build-release
     {{ just }} cosmic-notifications/build-release
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ sysext dir=`echo $(pwd)/cosmic-sysext` version=("nightly-" + `git rev-parse --sh
     {{ just }} rootdir={{dir}} cosmic-bg/install
     {{ make }} -C cosmic-comp install DESTDIR={{dir}}
     {{ just }} rootdir={{dir}} cosmic-edit/install
+    {{ just }} rootdir={{dir}} cosmic-files/install
     {{ just }} rootdir={{dir}} cosmic-greeter/install
     {{ just }} rootdir={{dir}} cosmic-icons/install
     {{ just }} rootdir={{dir}} cosmic-launcher/install
@@ -62,6 +64,7 @@ clean:
     rm -rf cosmic-bg/target
     rm -rf cosmic-comp/target
     rm -rf cosmic-edit/target
+    {{ just }} cosmic-files/clean
     rm -rf cosmic-greeter/target
     rm -rf cosmic-launcher/target
     rm -rf cosmic-panel/target