diff --git a/lua/cosmic/core/mappings.lua b/lua/cosmic/core/mappings.lua
index 37bbe43..7113458 100644
--- a/lua/cosmic/core/mappings.lua
+++ b/lua/cosmic/core/mappings.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 local map = require('cosmic.utils').map
+local user_plugins = require('cosmic.config.plugins')
+
+-- Mappings for plugins that need to be lazy loaded
+if not vim.tbl_contains(user_plugins.disable, 'nvim-tree') then
+  require('cosmic.plugins.nvim-tree.mappings')
+end
 
 -- Quickfix mappings
 map('n', '<leader>ck', ':cexpr []<cr>')
diff --git a/lua/cosmic/core/pluginsInit.lua b/lua/cosmic/core/pluginsInit.lua
index 1f2a560..0e71f02 100644
--- a/lua/cosmic/core/pluginsInit.lua
+++ b/lua/cosmic/core/pluginsInit.lua
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ return packer.startup(function()
     'kyazdani42/nvim-tree.lua',
     config = function()
       require('cosmic.plugins.nvim-tree')
-      require('cosmic.plugins.nvim-tree.mappings')
     end,
     opt = true,
     cmd = {