diff --git a/lua/lazyvim/config/init.lua b/lua/lazyvim/config/init.lua
index 9fef3778..19544ea1 100644
--- a/lua/lazyvim/config/init.lua
+++ b/lua/lazyvim/config/init.lua
@@ -128,6 +128,20 @@ function M.load(name)
   end
 end
 
+M.did_init = false
+function M.init()
+  if not M.did_init then
+    M.did_init = true
+    -- delay notifications till vim.notify was replaced or after 500ms
+    require("lazyvim.util").lazy_notify()
+
+    -- load options here, before lazy init while sourcing plugin modules
+    -- this is needed to make sure options will be correctly applied
+    -- after installing missing plugins
+    require("lazyvim.config").load("options")
+  end
+end
+
 setmetatable(M, {
   __index = function(_, key)
     if options == nil then
diff --git a/lua/lazyvim/plugins/init.lua b/lua/lazyvim/plugins/init.lua
index 06e88368..9d004d60 100644
--- a/lua/lazyvim/plugins/init.lua
+++ b/lua/lazyvim/plugins/init.lua
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
--- load options here, before lazy init while sourcing plugin modules
--- this is needed to make sure options will be correctly applied
--- after installing missing plugins
-require("lazyvim.config").load("options")
+require("lazyvim.config").init()
 
 return {}
diff --git a/lua/lazyvim/plugins/ui.lua b/lua/lazyvim/plugins/ui.lua
index bacf4d77..feb6d6fc 100644
--- a/lua/lazyvim/plugins/ui.lua
+++ b/lua/lazyvim/plugins/ui.lua
@@ -20,12 +20,6 @@ return {
         return math.floor(vim.o.columns * 0.75)
       end,
     },
-    init = function()
-      -- lazy-load notify here. Will be overriden by Noice when it loads
-      vim.notify = function(...)
-        return require("notify").notify(...)
-      end
-    end,
   },
 
   -- better vim.ui
diff --git a/lua/lazyvim/util/init.lua b/lua/lazyvim/util/init.lua
index b198e7b4..ea9ffdee 100644
--- a/lua/lazyvim/util/init.lua
+++ b/lua/lazyvim/util/init.lua
@@ -125,4 +125,41 @@ function M.deprecate(old, new)
   Util.warn(("`%s` is deprecated. Please use `%s` instead"):format(old, new), { title = "LazyVim" })
 end
 
+-- delay notifications till vim.notify was replaced or after 500ms
+function M.lazy_notify()
+  local notifs = {}
+  local function temp(...)
+    table.insert(notifs, vim.F.pack_len(...))
+  end
+
+  vim.notify = temp
+  local orig = vim.notify
+
+  local timer = vim.loop.new_timer()
+  local check = vim.loop.new_check()
+
+  local replay = function()
+    timer:stop()
+    check:stop()
+    if vim.notify == temp then
+      vim.notify = orig -- put back the original notify if needed
+    end
+    vim.schedule(function()
+      ---@diagnostic disable-next-line: no-unknown
+      for _, notif in ipairs(notifs) do
+        vim.notify(vim.F.unpack_len(notif))
+      end
+    end)
+  end
+
+  -- wait till vim.notify has been replaced
+  check:start(function()
+    if vim.notify ~= temp then
+      replay()
+    end
+  end)
+  -- or if it took more than 500ms, then something went wrong
+  timer:start(500, 0, replay)
+end
+
 return M