diff --git a/settings/hyprland.nix b/settings/hyprland.nix
index 476d9bb..0413f6d 100644
--- a/settings/hyprland.nix
+++ b/settings/hyprland.nix
@@ -57,7 +57,13 @@
         enable = true;
         systemd.variables = [ "--all" ];
 
-        plugins = [ pkgs.hyprlandPlugins.hyprspace ];
+        # HM's `plugins` option loads via `exec-once = hyprctl plugin load`,
+        # which races IPC startup and sometimes silently fails. Inject the
+        # native `plugin = /path` directive instead so loading happens
+        # synchronously during config parse.
+        extraConfig = ''
+          plugin = ${pkgs.hyprlandPlugins.hyprspace}/lib/libhyprspace.so
+        '';
 
         settings = {
           # Pin the OC'd 190 Hz mode so we don't fall back to 60.