diff --git a/modules/lang/dart/config.el b/modules/lang/dart/config.el
index d5b9176c6..b60e8d330 100644
--- a/modules/lang/dart/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/dart/config.el
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ;;; lang/dart/config.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
 
 (use-package! dart-mode
-  :defer t
+  :hook (dart-mode . rainbow-delimiters-mode)
   :config
   (when (modulep! +lsp)
     (add-hook 'dart-mode-local-vars-hook #'lsp! 'append))