diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 2507d53..005cc41 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -2292,6 +2292,9 @@ This is :around advice, so OLDFUN is the real function
 ;; firejail
 (require 'firejail-mode)
 
+;; strace output
+(require 'strace-mode)
+
 ;; yaml
 (use-package yaml-ts-mode
   :hook (;; (yaml-ts-mode . my/eglot-if-trusted)
@@ -3923,7 +3926,7 @@ one of the normal rainbow-delimiters-depth-N-face faces."
 
 ;; chatting
 (use-package gptel
-  :defer t
+  :defer nil
   :hook (gptel-mode . my/-setup-gptel-mode)
   :custom-face (pulse-highlight-start-face ((default (:background "gray20"))))
   :init
diff --git a/third-party/strace-mode.el b/third-party/strace-mode.el
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23ab04f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third-party/strace-mode.el
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+;;; strace-mode.el --- strace output syntax highlighting -*- lexical-binding: t -*-
+
+;; Copyright © 2016, by Preston Moore
+
+;; Author: Preston Moore (prestonkmoore@gmail.com)
+;; Version: 0.0.2
+;; Keywords: languages
+;; Homepage: https://github.com/pkmoore/strace-mode
+
+;; This file is not part of GNU Emacs.
+
+;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+;; (at your option) any later version.
+
+;; This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;; along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+;;; Commentary:
+
+;; This package provides a major mode with highlighting for output
+;; from `strace'.
+
+;;; Code:
+
+;; create the list for font-lock.
+;; each category of keyword is given a particular face
+(defvar strace-font-lock-keywords)
+(setq strace-font-lock-keywords `(
+                                  ("^\\([0-9]+\\) " . (1 font-lock-warning-face))
+                                  ("^[0-9]+ \\([a-zA-Z0-9_]*\\)(" . (1 font-lock-constant-face))
+                                  (" = 0x[[:xdigit:]]+ \\([[:upper:]]+\\).*$" . (1 font-lock-warning-face))
+                                  (" = -?[[:digit:]?]+ \\([[:upper:]]+\\).*$" . (1 font-lock-warning-face))
+                                  (" = \\(0x[[:xdigit:]]+\\).*$" . (1 font-lock-keyword-face))
+                                  (" = \\(-?[[:digit:]?]+\\).*$" . (1 font-lock-keyword-face))
+                                  ("[ =\(\[\{]\\([[:upper:]_|]+\\)[] |\,\(\)\}]" . (1 font-lock-constant-face))
+                                  (" \\((.*)\\)$" . (1 font-lock-comment-face))
+                                  ("\\(/\\*.*\\*/\\)" . (1 font-lock-comment-face))
+                                  ("0x[[:xdigit:]]+" . font-lock-type-face)
+                                  ("-?[[:digit:]]+" . font-lock-type-face)
+                                  )
+      )
+
+;;;###autoload
+(define-derived-mode strace-mode fundamental-mode
+  "strace"
+  "Major mode for strace output."
+  (setq font-lock-defaults '((strace-font-lock-keywords)))
+  )
+
+;;;###autoload
+(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.strace\\'" . strace-mode))
+
+;; add the mode to the `features' list
+(provide 'strace-mode)
+
+;; Local Variables:
+;; coding: utf-8
+;; End:
+
+;;; strace-mode.el ends here