diff --git a/emacs/init.org b/emacs/init.org
index e5e85a1..c37ca2b 100755
--- a/emacs/init.org
+++ b/emacs/init.org
@@ -4704,7 +4704,8 @@ 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
+    ;; TODO for some reason deferring this leads to a recursive load when autoloading it.
+    ;; :defer t
     :config
     (add-hook 'gist-mode-hook
 	      (lambda ()