diff --git a/modules/plugins/filetree/nvimtree/config.nix b/modules/plugins/filetree/nvimtree/config.nix
index 9e9d4e3..47a85d6 100644
--- a/modules/plugins/filetree/nvimtree/config.nix
+++ b/modules/plugins/filetree/nvimtree/config.nix
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ in {
 
       ${
         optionalString cfg.openOnSetup ''
+          require('lz.n').trigger_load("nvim-tree-lua")
           -- autostart behaviour
           -- Open on startup has been deprecated
           -- see https://github.com/nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua/wiki/Open-At-Startup
diff --git a/modules/wrapper/lazy/config.nix b/modules/wrapper/lazy/config.nix
index 5ce308b..b1afb5b 100644
--- a/modules/wrapper/lazy/config.nix
+++ b/modules/wrapper/lazy/config.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   inherit (lib.generators) mkLuaInline;
   inherit (lib.strings) optionalString;
   inherit (lib.nvim.lua) toLuaObject;
-  inherit (lib.nvim.dag) entryAnywhere;
+  inherit (lib.nvim.dag) entryBefore;
   cfg = config.vim.lazy;
 
   toLuzLznKeySpec = {
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ in {
 
     optPlugins = mapAttrsToList (_: plugin: plugin.package) cfg.plugins;
 
-    luaConfigRC.lzn-load = entryAnywhere ''
+    luaConfigRC.lzn-load = entryBefore ["pluginConfigs"] ''
       require('lz.n').load(${toLuaObject lznSpecs})
     '';
   };