diff --git a/.emacs.d/init.el b/.emacs.d/init.el
index 80da8a96..1f3a079e 100644
--- a/.emacs.d/init.el
+++ b/.emacs.d/init.el
@@ -539,7 +539,8 @@
 (with-eval-after-load 'pulseaudio-control
   (setq pulseaudio-control-use-default-sink t
         pulseaudio-control-volume-step "2%"))
-(when (require 'exwm nil t) (require 'init-exwm))
+(with-eval-after-load 'exwm
+  (require 'init-exwm))
 
 ;;; XML / SGML
 (defun ambrevar/sgml-setup ()