diff --git a/modules/tools/tree-sitter/config.el b/modules/tools/tree-sitter/config.el
index a0ff3a3c0..78103fa5b 100644
--- a/modules/tools/tree-sitter/config.el
+++ b/modules/tools/tree-sitter/config.el
@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@
         ;; and this highlights the entire sub tree in your code
         tree-sitter-debug-highlight-jump-region t))
 
+
 (use-package! evil-textobj-tree-sitter
   :when (featurep! :editor evil +everywhere)
-  :after tree-sitter
+  :defer t
+  :init (after! tree-sitter (require 'evil-textobj-tree-sitter))
   :config
   (defvar +tree-sitter-inner-text-objects-map (make-sparse-keymap))
   (defvar +tree-sitter-outer-text-objects-map (make-sparse-keymap))
@@ -58,7 +60,6 @@
          "v" (+tree-sitter-goto-textobj "conditional.outer")
          "l" (+tree-sitter-goto-textobj "loop.outer")))
 
-
   (after! which-key
     (setq which-key-allow-multiple-replacements t)
     (pushnew!