diff --git a/modules/plugins/languages/haskell.nix b/modules/plugins/languages/haskell.nix
index f8e17b75..62f4cd41 100644
--- a/modules/plugins/languages/haskell.nix
+++ b/modules/plugins/languages/haskell.nix
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ in {
                 cmd = ${
                 if isList cfg.dap.package
                 then expToLua cfg.dap.package
-                else ''${cfg.dap.package}/bin/haskell-debug-adapter''
+                else ''{"${cfg.dap.package}/bin/haskell-debug-adapter"}''
               },
               },
             ''}
diff --git a/modules/plugins/ui/notifications/nvim-notify/config.nix b/modules/plugins/ui/notifications/nvim-notify/config.nix
index 0ee23017..50972176 100644
--- a/modules/plugins/ui/notifications/nvim-notify/config.nix
+++ b/modules/plugins/ui/notifications/nvim-notify/config.nix
@@ -14,17 +14,9 @@ in {
       startPlugins = ["nvim-notify"];
 
       pluginRC.nvim-notify = entryAnywhere ''
-        require('notify').setup(${toLuaObject cfg.setupOpts})
-
-        -- required to fix offset_encoding errors
-        local notify = vim.notify
-        vim.notify = function(msg, ...)
-          if msg:match("warning: multiple different client offset_encodings") then
-            return
-          end
-
-          notify(msg, ...)
-        end
+        local notify = require("notify")
+        notify.setup(${toLuaObject cfg.setupOpts})
+        vim.notify = notify
       '';
     };
   };
diff --git a/modules/plugins/ui/notifications/nvim-notify/nvim-notify.nix b/modules/plugins/ui/notifications/nvim-notify/nvim-notify.nix
index f30d19cd..b09100da 100644
--- a/modules/plugins/ui/notifications/nvim-notify/nvim-notify.nix
+++ b/modules/plugins/ui/notifications/nvim-notify/nvim-notify.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ in {
       };
 
       stages = mkOption {
-        type = enum ["fade_in_slide_out" "fade_in" "slide_out" "none"];
+        type = enum ["fade_in_slide_out" "fade" "slide" "static"];
         default = "fade_in_slide_out";
         description = "The stages of the notification";
       };
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ in {
 
       background_colour = mkOption {
         type = str;
-        default = "#000000";
+        default = "NotifyBackground";
         description = "The background colour of the notification";
       };
 
diff --git a/modules/plugins/utility/preview/markdown-preview/config.nix b/modules/plugins/utility/preview/markdown-preview/config.nix
index 8349d3fc..50fec81a 100644
--- a/modules/plugins/utility/preview/markdown-preview/config.nix
+++ b/modules/plugins/utility/preview/markdown-preview/config.nix
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
   lib,
   ...
 }: let
-  inherit (lib.strings) concatMapStringsSep;
   inherit (lib.modules) mkIf;
+
   cfg = config.vim.utility.preview.markdownPreview;
 in {
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ in {
       mkdp_auto_start = cfg.autoStart;
       mkdp_auto_close = cfg.autoClose;
       mkdp_refresh_slow = cfg.lazyRefresh;
-      mkdp_filetypes = [(concatMapStringsSep ", " (x: "'" + x + "'") cfg.filetypes)];
+      mkdp_filetypes = cfg.filetypes;
       mkdp_command_for_global = cfg.alwaysAllowPreview;
       mkdp_open_to_the_world = cfg.broadcastServer;
       mkdp_open_ip = cfg.customIP;
diff --git a/modules/plugins/utility/surround/config.nix b/modules/plugins/utility/surround/config.nix
index 7161cf6b..31b4033d 100644
--- a/modules/plugins/utility/surround/config.nix
+++ b/modules/plugins/utility/surround/config.nix
@@ -4,51 +4,33 @@
   ...
 }: let
   inherit (lib.modules) mkIf;
-  inherit (lib.nvim.dag) entryAnywhere;
-  inherit (lib.nvim.lua) toLuaObject;
 
   cfg = config.vim.utility.surround;
   mkLznKey = mode: key: {
-    inherit key mode;
+    inherit mode key;
   };
 in {
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
     vim = {
-      startPlugins = ["nvim-surround"];
-      pluginRC.surround = entryAnywhere "require('nvim-surround').setup(${toLuaObject cfg.setupOpts})";
-
       lazy.plugins.nvim-surround = {
         package = "nvim-surround";
+
         setupModule = "nvim-surround";
         inherit (cfg) setupOpts;
 
-        keys =
-          [
-            (mkLznKey ["i"] cfg.setupOpts.keymaps.insert)
-            (mkLznKey ["i"] cfg.setupOpts.keymaps.insert_line)
-            (mkLznKey ["x"] cfg.setupOpts.keymaps.visual)
-            (mkLznKey ["x"] cfg.setupOpts.keymaps.visual_line)
-            (mkLznKey ["n"] cfg.setupOpts.keymaps.normal)
-            (mkLznKey ["n"] cfg.setupOpts.keymaps.normal_cur)
-            (mkLznKey ["n"] cfg.setupOpts.keymaps.normal_line)
-            (mkLznKey ["n"] cfg.setupOpts.keymaps.normal_cur_line)
-            (mkLznKey ["n"] cfg.setupOpts.keymaps.delete)
-            (mkLznKey ["n"] cfg.setupOpts.keymaps.change)
-            (mkLznKey ["n"] cfg.setupOpts.keymaps.change_line)
-          ]
-          ++ map (mkLznKey ["n" "i" "v"]) [
-            "<Plug>(nvim-surround-insert)"
-            "<Plug>(nvim-surround-insert-line)"
-            "<Plug>(nvim-surround-normal)"
-            "<Plug>(nvim-surround-normal-cur)"
-            "<Plug>(nvim-surround-normal-line)"
-            "<Plug>(nvim-surround-normal-cur-line)"
-            "<Plug>(nvim-surround-visual)"
-            "<Plug>(nvim-surround-visual-line)"
-            "<Plug>(nvim-surround-delete)"
-            "<Plug>(nvim-surround-change)"
-            "<Plug>(nvim-surround-change-line)"
-          ];
+        keys = [
+          (mkLznKey "i" cfg.setupOpts.keymaps.insert)
+          (mkLznKey "i" cfg.setupOpts.keymaps.insert_line)
+          (mkLznKey "x" cfg.setupOpts.keymaps.visual)
+          (mkLznKey "x" cfg.setupOpts.keymaps.visual_line)
+          (mkLznKey "n" cfg.setupOpts.keymaps.normal)
+          (mkLznKey "n" cfg.setupOpts.keymaps.normal_cur)
+          (mkLznKey "n" cfg.setupOpts.keymaps.normal_line)
+          (mkLznKey "n" cfg.setupOpts.keymaps.normal_cur_line)
+          (mkLznKey "n" cfg.setupOpts.keymaps.delete)
+          (mkLznKey "n" cfg.setupOpts.keymaps.change)
+          (mkLznKey "n" cfg.setupOpts.keymaps.change_line)
+        ];
       };
     };
   };