diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index c5e419664dd..b7922bd89de 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "dpdk"]
 	path = dpdk
-	url = ../dpdk
+	url = https://github.com/ptrsmrn/dpdk.git
diff --git a/src/core/future.cc b/src/core/future.cc
index 10cfc13541e..aa2fada94a3 100644
--- a/src/core/future.cc
+++ b/src/core/future.cc
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ void engine_exit(std::exception_ptr eptr) {
     engine().exit(1);
 }
 
-broken_promise::broken_promise() : logic_error("broken promise") { }
+broken_promise::broken_promise() : logic_error("broken promise") { abort(); }
 
 future_state_base::future_state_base(current_exception_future_marker) noexcept
     : future_state_base(std::current_exception()) { }