diff --git a/.config/kak/autoload/plugins.kak b/.config/kak/autoload/plugins.kak
index 52fbd7e3..0e65cae2 100644
--- a/.config/kak/autoload/plugins.kak
+++ b/.config/kak/autoload/plugins.kak
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ bundle-noload easymotion.kak https://git.sr.ht/~voroskoi/easymotion.kak %{
 	set-option global easymotion_chars "tnseriplfuwydhcxoaqz"
 }
 
-bundle byline.kak https://github.com/evanrelf/byline.kak %{
+bundle-noload byline.kak https://github.com/evanrelf/byline.kak %{
 	require-module "byline"
 }
 
diff --git a/.config/kak/kakrc b/.config/kak/kakrc
index a0d7b4ab..03f246eb 100644
--- a/.config/kak/kakrc
+++ b/.config/kak/kakrc
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ colorscheme ashen
 require-module fishr
 require-module surround
 require-module ficgrep
+require-module byline
 
 
 try %{