diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index f65945c..1f185b3 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -854,8 +854,9 @@ Take directly from doom-modeline."
 
 ;; sage (for when calc is not enough)
 (use-package sage-shell-mode
+  :demand
   :bind ("C-c g" . my/run-sage)
-  :init
+  :config
   (defun my/run-sage (p)
     "Like `sage-shell:run-sage', but does not ask anything without a prefix
 argument."