diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 62b4fe1..85de4fb 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ;; This file loads Org and then loads the rest of our Emacs initialization from Emacs lisp
 ;; embedded in literate Org files.
 
+(setq straight-check-for-modifications '(check-on-save find-when-checking))
 (defvar bootstrap-version)
 (let ((bootstrap-file
        (expand-file-name
@@ -19,24 +20,11 @@
       (eval-print-last-sexp)))
   (load bootstrap-file nil 'nomessage))
 
+(setq straight-vc-git-default-clone-depth '(1 single-branch))  ;; instead of the default 'full
+
 (straight-use-package 'org)
 
-;; Load up Org Mode and (now included) Org Babel for elisp embedded in Org Mode files
-(setq dotfiles-dir (file-name-directory (or (buffer-file-name) load-file-name)))
-
-(let* ((org-dir (expand-file-name
-                 "lisp" (expand-file-name
-                         "org" (expand-file-name
-                                "src" dotfiles-dir))))
-       (org-contrib-dir (expand-file-name
-                         "lisp" (expand-file-name
-                                 "contrib" (expand-file-name
-                                            ".." org-dir))))
-       (load-path (append (list org-dir org-contrib-dir)
-                          (or load-path nil))))
-  ;; load up Org and Org-babel
-  (require 'org)
-  (require 'ob-tangle))
+(setq dotfiles-dir (file-name-directory (or (buffer-file-name) load-file-name)))  
 
 ;; load up all literate org-mode files in this directory
 (mapc #'org-babel-load-file (directory-files dotfiles-dir t "\\.org$"))
diff --git a/main.org b/main.org
index ffd5c57..0dad139 100644
--- a/main.org
+++ b/main.org
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
 ** Straight.el
 
 Package management to be a little more fien/precise and work outside
-of Nix (as much as it would be nice to work inside of Nix too)
+of Nix (as much as it would be nice to work inside of Nix too). This
+is actually contained within =init.el=
 
 #+begin_src elisp :tangle no :exports code
 (defvar bootstrap-version)