diff --git a/lisp/org-roam-dblocks.el b/lisp/org-roam-dblocks.el
index 5824bed..568960d 100644
--- a/lisp/org-roam-dblocks.el
+++ b/lisp/org-roam-dblocks.el
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ their blocks updated automatically."
 ;; blindly clear out the block's content. We then check whether the block
 ;; content needs to be updated.
 
-(defun org-roam-dblocks--prepare-dblock (fn &rest args)
+(define-advice org-prepare-dblock (:around (fn &rest args) org-roam-dblocks-dirty-checks)
   "Advice to hack org's dblock update flow for the dblock types we define.
 
 FN is the advised function, and ARGS are its arguments.
@@ -221,9 +221,6 @@ and old content."
 
         params))))
 
-(with-eval-after-load 'org
-  (advice-add 'org-prepare-dblock :around #'org-roam-dblocks--prepare-dblock))
-
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun org-roam-dblocks--write-content (params)
   (when-let* ((new-content (plist-get params :new-content)))