diff --git a/early-init.el b/early-init.el
index 6db5012f..5ee1f131 100644
--- a/early-init.el
+++ b/early-init.el
@@ -23,18 +23,12 @@
 ;; create the `user-cache-directory' if not exists
 (make-directory user-cache-directory t)
 
-(mapc (lambda (item) (add-to-list 'load-path item))
-      (list
-        (concat config-dir "settings")             ;; path where settings files are kept
-        (concat config-dir "lisp")                 ;; personal elisp lib dir, for manually installed packages
-        (concat config-dir "lisp/adaptive-wrap")   ;; https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/adaptive-wrap.html
-        (concat config-dir "lisp/dash")
-        (concat config-dir "lisp/with-editor")
-        (concat config-dir "lisp/hydra")           ;; required by treemacs org-ref
-        (concat config-dir "lisp/async")           ;; https://melpa.org/#/async required by ob-async
-        (concat config-dir "lisp/persist")         ;; https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/persist.html required by org-drill
-        (concat config-dir "lisp/use-package")     ;; https://melpa.org/#/use-package
-        ))
+;; path where settings files are kept
+(add-to-list 'load-path (concat config-dir "settings"))
+;; personal elisp lib dir, for manually installed packages
+;; add all directories from config-dir into load-path
+(let ((default-directory (concat config-dir "lisp")))
+  (normal-top-level-add-subdirs-to-load-path))
 
 ;;
 ;; FRAME
diff --git a/lisp/versions b/lisp/versions
index 2c684a94..ec3139b9 100644
--- a/lisp/versions
+++ b/lisp/versions
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
 | git-commit                 | [[https://melpa.org/#/git-commit][melpa]]       |               - |   20201222.1527 |                - |    20200608.928 | required by magit                                                                  |
 | git-messenger.el           | [[https://melpa.org/#/git-messenger][melpa]]       |            0.18 |   20201202.1637 |             0.18 |   20200321.2337 |                                                                                    |
 | gnuplot                    | [[https://melpa.org/#/gnuplot][melpa]]       |           0.8.0 |   20220102.1637 |            0.8.0 |   20210104.1052 |                                                                                    |
-| gnuplot-mode.el            | [[https://melpa.org/#/gnuplot-mode][melpa]]       |           1.2.0 |   20171013.1616 |                  |                 |                                                                                    |
 | helpful.el                 | [[https://melpa.org/#/elisp-refs][melpa]]       |            0.19 |   20211226.1843 |                  |                 | better *Help*                                                                        |
 | ht.el                      | [[https://melpa.org/#/ht][melpa]]       |             2.4 |    20210119.741 |              2.3 |    20201119.518 | hash table library                                                                 |
 | htmlize.el                 | [[https://melpa.org/#/htmlize][melpa]]       |            1.57 |   20210825.2150 |             1.56 |    20200816.746 | required by org-ref                                                                |
diff --git a/settings/plot-settings.el b/settings/plot-settings.el
index 4cf10646..ac81d153 100644
--- a/settings/plot-settings.el
+++ b/settings/plot-settings.el
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
 ;; .plantuml .pum .plu
  
 ;; Requirements:
-;; gnuplot
-;; gnuplot-mode https://melpa.org/#/gnuplot-mode drive gnuplot from within Emacs e.g. via org (export)
+;; gnuplot       https://melpa.org/#/gnuplote drive gnuplot from within Emacs e.g. via org (export)
 ;; plantuml-mode https://melpa.org/#/plantuml-mode https://github.com/skuro/plantuml-mode
 ;;   dash
 
@@ -25,8 +24,8 @@
   ;; arch linux aur package path
   (setq plantuml-jar-path "/usr/share/java/plantuml/plantuml.jar")
   (setq org-plantuml-jar-path "/usr/share/java/plantuml/plantuml.jar")
-  (with-eval-after-load 'org
-    (add-to-list 'org-src-lang-modes '("plantuml" . plantuml))))
+  (with-eval-after-load 'org-src
+    (setq org-src-lang-modes (add-to-list 'org-src-lang-modes '("plantuml" . plantuml)))))
 
 (provide 'plot-settings)
 ;;; plot-settings.el ends here
diff --git a/settings/pre-settings.el b/settings/pre-settings.el
index d94e5efe..a97621b4 100644
--- a/settings/pre-settings.el
+++ b/settings/pre-settings.el
@@ -1,19 +1,6 @@
 ;;; pre-settings.el --- Summary  -*- lexical-binding: t -*-
 ;;; Commentary:
 ;;; Code:
-(mapc (lambda (item) (add-to-list 'load-path item))
-      (list
-        (concat config-dir "settings")             ;; path where settings files are kept
-        (concat config-dir "lisp")                 ;; personal elisp lib dir, for manually installed packages
-        (concat config-dir "lisp/adaptive-wrap")   ;; https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/adaptive-wrap.html
-        (concat config-dir "lisp/dash")
-        (concat config-dir "lisp/with-editor")
-        (concat config-dir "lisp/hydra")           ;; required by treemacs org-ref
-        (concat config-dir "lisp/async")           ;; https://melpa.org/#/async required by ob-async
-        (concat config-dir "lisp/persist")         ;; https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/persist.html required by org-drill
-        (concat config-dir "lisp/use-package")     ;; https://melpa.org/#/use-package
-        ))
-
 ;; count startup time
 (add-hook 'emacs-startup-hook                      ;; Use a hook so the message doesn't get clobbered by other messages.
           (lambda ()