diff --git a/nvim/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/editing.lua b/nvim/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/editing.lua
index 6c41211..3d9fbda 100644
--- a/nvim/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/editing.lua
+++ b/nvim/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/editing.lua
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ return {
 		},
 	},
 	-- surround things with other things using ys/cs/ds
-	{ "kylechui/nvim-surround", config = true, event = "InsertEnter" },
+	{ "kylechui/nvim-surround", config = true, event = "VeryLazy" },
 
 	-- extend the ^a / ^x possibilities to dates, hex, alphabets, markdown headers
 	{