diff --git a/emacs/init.org b/emacs/init.org
index 715a8bc..176a928 100755
--- a/emacs/init.org
+++ b/emacs/init.org
@@ -264,13 +264,15 @@ Adds Evil commands to comment out lines of code:
 * Transient
 A framework for creating Magit-style popups:
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-  (use-package transient)
+  (use-package transient
+    :commands (define-transient-command))
 #+END_SRC
 
 * Hydra
 [[https://github.com/abo-abo/hydra][Hydra]]s are convenient keybinding menus.
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-  (use-package hydra)
+  (use-package hydra
+    :defer t)
 #+END_SRC
 
 * Magit
@@ -392,10 +394,22 @@ Some helpful ELisp packages:
 	       deferred:try
 	       deferred:timeout
 	       deferred:process))
-  (use-package s)
-  (use-package dash)
-  (use-package dash-functional)
-  (use-package f)
+  (use-package s
+    :defer t
+    :init
+    (add-hook 'emacs-startup-hook (lambda () (require 's))))
+  (use-package dash
+    :defer t
+    :init
+    (add-hook 'emacs-startup-hook (lambda () (require 'dash))))
+  (use-package dash-functional
+    :defer t
+    :init
+    (add-hook 'emacs-startup-hook (lambda () (require 'dash-functional))))
+  (use-package f
+    :defer t
+    :init
+    (add-hook 'emacs-startup-hook (lambda () (require 'f))))
   (use-package request
     :commands (request request-deferred))
 #+END_SRC
@@ -1227,6 +1241,7 @@ And while we're here let's enable all-the-icons for dired as well:
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
   (use-package all-the-icons-dired
     :after (all-the-icons)
+    :commands (all-the-icons-dired-mode)
     :config
     (add-hook 'dired-mode-hook #'all-the-icons-dired-mode))
 #+END_SRC
@@ -2522,7 +2537,8 @@ A function to format XML using tidy or xmllint if available, falling back to sgm
 
 Edit-indirect allows markdown-mode to edit source blocks in separate buffers:
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-  (use-package edit-indirect)
+  (use-package edit-indirect
+    :defer t)
 #+END_SRC
 
 * IELM
@@ -3902,7 +3918,8 @@ GraphQL environments:
 
 And ob-graphql for evaluating GraphQL source blocks in org-mode:
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
-  (use-package ob-graphql)
+  (use-package ob-graphql
+    :defer t)
 #+END_SRC
 
 * Docker
@@ -4672,6 +4689,7 @@ Add a function to power the [[https://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/alfred-org-ca
 [[https://github.com/defunkt/gist.el][Integrate with GitHub gists]] from Emacs!
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
   (use-package gist
+    :defer t
     :config
     (add-hook 'gist-mode-hook
 	      (lambda ()