diff --git a/home/user/.config/nvim/lua/base/init.lua b/home/user/.config/nvim/lua/base/init.lua
index 083e923..eac1e94 100644
--- a/home/user/.config/nvim/lua/base/init.lua
+++ b/home/user/.config/nvim/lua/base/init.lua
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
-require("base.options")
-require("base.keys")
-require("base.plugins")
+for _, source in ipairs {
+    "base.options",
+    "base.keys",
+    "base.plugins",
+} do
+    local status_ok, fault = pcall(require, source)
+    if not status_ok then
+        vim.api.nvim_err_writeln("Failed to load " .. source .. "\n\n" .. fault)
+    end
+end
diff --git a/home/user/.config/nvim/lua/base/options.lua b/home/user/.config/nvim/lua/base/options.lua
index b582dd0..c78f153 100644
--- a/home/user/.config/nvim/lua/base/options.lua
+++ b/home/user/.config/nvim/lua/base/options.lua
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ opt.relativenumber = true
 opt.clipboard:append { 'unnamed' }
 opt.clipboard:append { 'unnamedplus' }
 
-opt.shm = opt.shm["_value"] .. "I"  -- disable startup message
+opt.shortmess:append { s = true, I = true}  -- disable startup message
 
 opt.shell = 'bash'