diff --git a/.config/kak/autoload/lsp.kak b/.config/kak/autoload/lsp.kak
index eeaf7379..2a9934cc 100644
--- a/.config/kak/autoload/lsp.kak
+++ b/.config/kak/autoload/lsp.kak
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # load plugin
 eval %sh{kak-lsp}
 
+# eval %sh{kak-lsp-diags}
 
 define-command -params 0..1 -docstring %{
     enable lsp-diags. give -dev switch to run dev build.
diff --git a/.config/kak/kakrc b/.config/kak/kakrc
index 05012a05..bba95fe4 100644
--- a/.config/kak/kakrc
+++ b/.config/kak/kakrc
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ define-command -docstring 'open popup shell' popup-shell %{
 alias global pp popup-shell
 
 map -docstring 'popup shell' global user . ': popup-shell<ret>'
+require-module ui-mode
 
 try %{
     evaluate-commands %sh{kak-lsp-diags}
@@ -96,7 +97,6 @@ require-module ficgrep
 require-module byline
 require-module spell
 set-option global scrolloff 3,3
-require-module ui-mode