diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 03cdde0..cf64026 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -1296,8 +1296,8 @@ DOCSTRING is an optional form that is discarded upon expansion."
   "Provides an interactive programming environment for Common Lisp."
   :custom
   (inferior-lisp-program (executable-find "sbcl") "Set SBCL as the default Common Lisp implementation")
-  :commands
-  (slime))
+  :hook
+  (lisp-mode-hook . slime-mode))
 
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 ;; slime-docker