diff --git a/README.org b/README.org
index af7545bb..74fd59b9 100644
--- a/README.org
+++ b/README.org
@@ -869,7 +869,6 @@ This is the use-package definition with a lot of customization. Need to setup au
 Part of this config includes some special capture templates for my work as a youth minister. I create lessons through both org-mode and org-roam capture templates. The first part comes from org-roam, then the next is org-mode.
 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
 (use-package org
-  :defer t
   :config
   (setq org-startup-indented t
         org-edit-src-content-indentation 0
@@ -4682,7 +4681,8 @@ Since Bongo seems kinda difficult I shall give EMMS another try.
   :config
   (emms-all)
   (evil-collection-emms-setup)
-  (setq emms-player-list '(emms-player-vlc))
+  (setq emms-player-list '(emms-player-mpv)
+        emms-player-mpv-parameters '("--quiet" "--really-quiet" "--no-audio-display" "--speed=1"))
   (setq emms-source-file-default-directory "~/music/"
         emms-tag-editor-tag-ogg-program "mid3v2")
 
diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index d97896bd..f2381143 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -565,7 +565,6 @@ much faster. The hope is to also make this a faster version of imenu."
   (consult-imenu))
 
 (use-package org
-  :defer t
   :config
   (setq org-startup-indented t
         org-edit-src-content-indentation 0
@@ -3451,7 +3450,8 @@ interfere with the default `bongo-playlist-buffer'."
   :config
   (emms-all)
   (evil-collection-emms-setup)
-  (setq emms-player-list '(emms-player-vlc))
+  (setq emms-player-list '(emms-player-mpv)
+        emms-player-mpv-parameters '("--quiet" "--really-quiet" "--no-audio-display" "--speed=1"))
   (setq emms-source-file-default-directory "~/music/"
         emms-tag-editor-tag-ogg-program "mid3v2")