diff --git a/modules/completion/company/config.el b/modules/completion/company/config.el
index 292570975..6ee5f2f67 100644
--- a/modules/completion/company/config.el
+++ b/modules/completion/company/config.el
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ MODES should be one major-mode symbol or a list of them."
 (def-package! company
   :commands (company-mode global-company-mode company-complete
              company-complete-common company-manual-begin company-grab-line)
-  :config
+  :init
   (setq company-idle-delay nil
         company-tooltip-limit 14
         company-dabbrev-downcase nil
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ MODES should be one major-mode symbol or a list of them."
         company-frontends '(company-pseudo-tooltip-frontend company-echo-metadata-frontend)
         company-backends '(company-capf company-dabbrev company-ispell company-yasnippet)
         company-transformers '(company-sort-by-occurrence))
+  :config
   (global-company-mode +1))
 
 (when (featurep! +auto)