diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/InstallModule.php b/app/Console/Commands/InstallModule.php
index 477ffb3c..2a9a0c7c 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/InstallModule.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/InstallModule.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class InstallModule extends Command
      *
      * @var string
      */
-    protected $signature = 'install-module {name}';
+    protected $signature = 'install-module {name} {parentModuleId?}';
     /**
      * The console command description.
      *
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ class InstallModule extends Command
      */
     protected $description = 'Custom installation of CMS module. Name given as directory name in /modules.';
     protected $moduleName;
+    protected $parentModuleId;
     protected $modulesPath;
 
     /**
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ class InstallModule extends Command
     public function handle()
     {
         $this->moduleName = $name = $this->argument('name');
+        $this->parentModuleId = $this->argument('parentModuleId');
 
         // invalid module name provided
         if (!is_dir($this->modulesPath . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $name)) {
@@ -128,15 +130,19 @@ class InstallModule extends Command
         $providers = isset($config['providers']) ? $config['providers'] : [];
 
         // check if module is not installed yet
-        $exists = Module::where('handler', $handler)
-                        ->where('name', $config['name'])
-                        ->exists();
+        $module = Module::where('name', $name);
 
-        if (!isset($config['hasSubmodules']) || !$config['hasSubmodules']) {
-            if ($exists) {
-                throw new \Exception('Module ' . $config['name'] . ' already exists in database.');
-            }
+        if ($handler) {
+            $module = $module->where('handler', $handler);
+        }
 
+        $module = $module->first();
+
+        if ($module && (!isset($config['hasSubmodules']) || !$config['hasSubmodules'])) {
+            throw new \Exception('Module ' . $config['name'] . ' already exists in database.');
+        }
+
+        if (!$module) {
             // insert module into database
             $settings = [
                 'staticName' => $this->moduleName,
@@ -146,12 +152,12 @@ class InstallModule extends Command
                 'files'      => isset($config['files']) ? $config['files'] : []
             ];
 
-            $module = Module::install($name, $alias, $description, $handler, $settings);
+            $module = Module::install($name, $alias, $description, $handler, $this->parentModuleId, $settings);
         }
 
         // try to install submodules
         if (isset($config['hasSubmodules']) && $config['hasSubmodules']) {
-            $this->installSubmodules($this->modulesPath . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $this->moduleName);
+            $this->installSubmodules($this->modulesPath . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $this->moduleName, $module);
         }
     }
 
@@ -159,15 +165,20 @@ class InstallModule extends Command
      * Crawl all subdirectories in module and try to install submodules
      *
      * @param $path string path to module base directory
+     * @param $parentModule
      */
-    private function installSubmodules($path)
+    private function installSubmodules($path, Module $parentModule)
     {
         $submodules = File::directories($path);
 
         foreach ($submodules as $submodulePath) {
             $submodule = str_replace($this->modulesPath . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, '', $submodulePath);
 
-            $this->call('install-module', ['name' => $submodule]);
+            try {
+                $this->call('install-module', ['name' => $submodule, 'parentModuleId' => $parentModule->id]);
+            } catch (\Exception $e) {
+                $this->error($e->getMessage());
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/Models/Module.php b/app/Models/Module.php
index 0a8300a8..d782c2d9 100644
--- a/app/Models/Module.php
+++ b/app/Models/Module.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class Module extends Model
     public $timestamps = false;
     protected $fillable = [
         'handler',
+        'parent_id',
         'name',
         'description',
         'alias',
@@ -30,12 +31,13 @@ class Module extends Model
      * @param        $alias
      * @param string $description
      * @param null   $handler
+     * @param        $parentModuleId
      * @param array  $settings
      *
      * @return Module
      * @throws \ErrorException
      */
-    public static function install($name, $alias, $description, $handler, $settings)
+    public static function install($name, $alias, $description, $handler, $parentModuleId, $settings)
     {
         // check if user does not want to install module in runtime
         if (!App::runningInConsole()) {
@@ -45,6 +47,12 @@ class Module extends Model
         $managesContent = $handler ? in_array('App\Handlers\Contracts\AppHandler', class_implements($handler)) : false;
         $supportCategories = $managesContent ? call_user_func([$handler, 'supportCategories']) : false;
 
+        if ($parentModuleId) {
+            $parentModule = Module::findOrFail($parentModuleId);
+            $parentModule->has_submodules = true;
+            $parentModule->save();
+        }
+
         // insert module into database
         $module = Module::create([
                                      'name'               => $name,
@@ -54,6 +62,7 @@ class Module extends Model
                                      'support_categories' => $supportCategories,
                                      'alias'              => $alias,
                                      'module_settings'    => json_encode($settings),
+                                     'parent_id'          => $parentModuleId,
                                      'enabled'            => 1
                                  ]);