diff --git a/modules/lang/javascript/config.el b/modules/lang/javascript/config.el
index e2980379d..c31ae716f 100644
--- a/modules/lang/javascript/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/javascript/config.el
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@
   (set-electric! 'js2-mode :chars '(?\} ?\) ?. ?:))
   (set-repl-handler! 'js2-mode #'+javascript/open-repl)
 
-  (add-to-list 'projectile-globally-ignored-directories "node_modules")
+  (after! projectile
+    (add-to-list 'projectile-globally-ignored-directories "node_modules"))
 
   (map! :map js2-mode-map
         :localleader