diff --git a/nvim/bytecompile.nix b/nvim/bytecompile.nix
index fff0a33..dd44153 100644
--- a/nvim/bytecompile.nix
+++ b/nvim/bytecompile.nix
@@ -58,13 +58,12 @@
         }
     );
 
-  byteCompile = plugins: let
-    byteCompile = p:
-      (byteCompileLuaDrv p).overrideAttrs (
-        prev: lib.optionalAttrs (prev ? dependencies) {dependencies = map byteCompile prev.dependencies;}
-      );
+  byteCompile = p: let
+    drv = (byteCompileLuaDrv p.plugin).overrideAttrs (
+      prev: lib.optionalAttrs (prev ? dependencies) {dependencies = map byteCompile prev.dependencies;}
+    );
   in
-    map (p: p // {plugin = byteCompile p.plugin;}) plugins;
+    p // {plugin = drv;};
 
   byteCompileVim = package:
     pkgs.symlinkJoin {
diff --git a/nvim/default.nix b/nvim/default.nix
index 684b864..f11d7fc 100644
--- a/nvim/default.nix
+++ b/nvim/default.nix
@@ -14,16 +14,15 @@ in
 
     config = ./.;
 
-    plugins = with pkgs.vimPlugins; [
-      {
-        plugin = lz-n;
-        optional = false;
-      }
-
-      # TODO: make grammars optional
-      # nvim-treesitter.withAllGrammars
-      catppuccin-nvim
-    ];
+    plugins = with pkgs.vimPlugins; {
+      start = [
+        lz-n
+        catppuccin-nvim
+        nvim-treesitter.withAllGrammars
+      ];
+      opts = [
+      ];
+    };
 
     extraPackages = with pkgs; [
       # lsp
diff --git a/nvim/lua/plugins/colors.lua b/nvim/lua/plugins/colors.lua
index 92be842..b22e322 100644
--- a/nvim/lua/plugins/colors.lua
+++ b/nvim/lua/plugins/colors.lua
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ return {
 	{
 		"catppuccin-nvim",
 		-- colorscheme = "catppuccin",
+		load = function()end,
 		priority = 1000,
 		opt = {
 			integrations = {
diff --git a/nvim/mknvim.nix b/nvim/mknvim.nix
index f3b916c..8d2482c 100644
--- a/nvim/mknvim.nix
+++ b/nvim/mknvim.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@
 }: {
   package ? pkgs.neovim,
   config,
-  plugins ? [],
+  plugins ? {
+    start = [];
+    opts = [];
+  },
   extraPackages ? [],
   extraLuaPackages ? p: [],
   extraPython3Packages ? p: [],
@@ -15,22 +18,19 @@
   withNodeJs ? false,
   withSqlite ? false,
 }: let
-  # Stolen from pkgs.neovimUtils.normalizePlugins but this changes defaultPlugin.optional to true.
-  normalizePlugins = plugins: let
+  normalize = optional: p: let
     defaultPlugin = {
       plugin = null;
       config = null;
-      optional = true;
+      inherit optional;
     };
   in
-    map (x:
-      defaultPlugin
-      // (
-        if (x ? plugin)
-        then x
-        else {plugin = x;}
-      ))
-    plugins;
+    defaultPlugin
+    // (
+      if (p ? plugin)
+      then p
+      else {plugin = p;}
+    );
 
   initLua =
     # lua
@@ -38,17 +38,22 @@
       vim.opt.rtp:remove(vim.fn.stdpath('config'))              -- ~/.config/nvim
       vim.opt.rtp:remove(vim.fn.stdpath('config') .. "/after")  -- ~/.config/nvim/after
       vim.opt.rtp:prepend('${config}')
-      vim.opt.rtp:prepend('${config}/after')
+      vim.opt.rtp:append('${config}/after')
 
       ${builtins.readFile (config + "/init.lua")}
     '';
 
   builder = (import ./bytecompile.nix) {inherit pkgs lib;};
+  pack = (import ./pack.nix) {inherit pkgs lib;};
 
   nvim = builder.byteCompileVim package;
+
+  start = map (p: lib.pipe p [(normalize false) builder.byteCompile]) plugins.start;
+  opts = map (p: lib.pipe p [(normalize true) builder.byteCompile]) plugins.opts;
+  startPacked = pack.packPlugins start;
 in
   pkgs.wrapNeovimUnstable nvim {
-    plugins = builder.byteCompile (normalizePlugins plugins);
+    plugins = [startPacked] ++ opts;
 
     wrapRc = false;
     wrapperArgs = builtins.concatStringsSep " " [
diff --git a/nvim/pack.nix b/nvim/pack.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17ac479
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nvim/pack.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+{
+  pkgs,
+  lib,
+  ...
+}: {
+  packPlugins = plugins: let
+    # Set option value with default priority so that values are appended by default
+    pathsToLink = [
+      # :h rtp
+      "/autoload"
+      "/colors"
+      "/compiler"
+      "/doc"
+      "/ftplugin"
+      "/indent"
+      "/keymap"
+      "/lang"
+      "/lua"
+      "/pack"
+      "/parser"
+      "/plugin"
+      "/queries"
+      "/rplugin"
+      "/spell"
+      "/syntax"
+      "/tutor"
+      "/after"
+      "/ftdetect"
+      # plenary.nvim
+      "/data/plenary/filetypes"
+    ];
+
+    # Every plugin has its own generated help tags (doc/tags)
+    # Remove them to avoid collisions, new help tags
+    # will be generate for the entire pack later on
+    overriddenPlugins =
+      map (
+        plugin:
+          plugin.plugin.overrideAttrs (prev: {
+            nativeBuildInputs = lib.remove pkgs.vimUtils.vimGenDocHook prev.nativeBuildInputs or [];
+            configurePhase = ''
+              ${prev.configurePhase or ""}
+              rm -vf doc/tags'';
+          })
+      )
+      plugins;
+
+    # Python3 dependencies
+    python3Dependencies = let
+      deps = map (p: p.plugin.python3Dependencies or (_: [])) plugins;
+    in
+      ps: builtins.concatMap (f: f ps) deps;
+
+    # Combined plugin
+    combinedPlugin = pkgs.vimUtils.toVimPlugin (
+      pkgs.buildEnv {
+        name = "plugin-pack";
+        paths = overriddenPlugins;
+        inherit pathsToLink;
+        # Remove empty directories and activate vimGenDocHook
+        postBuild = ''
+          find $out -type d -empty -delete
+          runHook preFixup
+        '';
+        passthru = {
+          inherit python3Dependencies;
+        };
+      }
+    );
+
+    # Combined plugin configs
+    combinedConfig = builtins.concatStringsSep "\n" (
+      builtins.concatMap (x: lib.optional (x.config != null && x.config != "") x.config) plugins
+    );
+  in {
+    plugin = combinedPlugin;
+    config = combinedConfig;
+    optional = false;
+  };
+}