diff --git a/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/init.lua b/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/init.lua
index 07a4e2a3..c5b3dcea 100755
--- a/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/init.lua
+++ b/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/init.lua
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 require("plugins.plugins")
-require("plugins.mappings")
diff --git a/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/preload.lua b/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/preload.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b6a0f106
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/preload.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+-- Anything that needs to be loaded FIRST
+-- needs to required here
+require("plugins.mappings")