diff --git a/settings/org-settings.el b/settings/org-settings.el
index 39031486..2ae775df 100644
--- a/settings/org-settings.el
+++ b/settings/org-settings.el
@@ -739,6 +739,7 @@ Updating an old preamble.org should remove this warning."))
     (add-to-list 'org-babel-load-languages '(ditaa . t))))
 
 (use-package ob-gnuplot
+  :defer t
   :init
   (with-eval-after-load 'org
     (add-to-list 'org-babel-load-languages '(gnuplot . t)))