diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/effect/app-runtime.ts b/packages/opencode/src/effect/app-runtime.ts
index 257922dafe..668c89b60b 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/effect/app-runtime.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/effect/app-runtime.ts
@@ -47,13 +47,31 @@ import { Pty } from "@/pty"
 import { Installation } from "@/installation"
 import { ShareNext } from "@/share/share-next"
 import { SessionShare } from "@/share/session"
+import * as Effect from "effect/Effect"
+
+// Adjusts the default Config layer to ensure that plugins are always initialised before
+// any other layers read the current config
+const ConfigWithPluginPriority = Layer.effect(
+  Config.Service,
+  Effect.gen(function* () {
+    const config = yield* Config.Service
+    const plugin = yield* Plugin.Service
+
+    return {
+      ...config,
+      get: () => Effect.andThen(plugin.init(), config.get),
+      getGlobal: () => Effect.andThen(plugin.init(), config.getGlobal),
+      getConsoleState: () => Effect.andThen(plugin.init(), config.getConsoleState),
+    }
+  }),
+).pipe(Layer.provide(Layer.merge(Plugin.defaultLayer, Config.defaultLayer)))
 
 export const AppLayer = Layer.mergeAll(
   AppFileSystem.defaultLayer,
   Bus.defaultLayer,
   Auth.defaultLayer,
   Account.defaultLayer,
-  Config.defaultLayer,
+  ConfigWithPluginPriority,
   Git.defaultLayer,
   Ripgrep.defaultLayer,
   FileTime.defaultLayer,
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/project/bootstrap.ts b/packages/opencode/src/project/bootstrap.ts
index a1f2a8cb02..0babdfe13b 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/project/bootstrap.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/project/bootstrap.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import * as Effect from "effect/Effect"
 
 export const InstanceBootstrap = Effect.gen(function* () {
   Log.Default.info("bootstrapping", { directory: Instance.directory })
-  yield* Plugin.Service.use((svc) => svc.init())
   yield* Effect.all(
     [
       LSP.Service,