diff --git a/rc/filetype/clojure.kak b/rc/filetype/clojure.kak
index d19708af..062e4f0c 100644
--- a/rc/filetype/clojure.kak
+++ b/rc/filetype/clojure.kak
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 # http://clojure.org
 # ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
 
-# require lisp.kak
-
 # Detection
 # ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
 
@@ -16,6 +14,8 @@ hook -once global BufSetOption filetype=clojure %{
 
 provide-module clojure %{
 
+require-module lisp
+
 # Highlighters
 # ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
 
diff --git a/rc/filetype/etc.kak b/rc/filetype/etc.kak
index 1e2067fe..29c6296d 100644
--- a/rc/filetype/etc.kak
+++ b/rc/filetype/etc.kak
@@ -11,7 +11,32 @@ hook global BufCreate .*/etc/env.d/.*                   %{ set-option buffer fil
 hook global BufCreate .*/etc/profile(\.(csh|env))?      %{ set-option buffer filetype sh }
 hook global BufCreate .*/etc/profile\.d/.*              %{ set-option buffer filetype sh }
 
+
+hook -once global BufSetOption filetype=etc-hosts %{
+    require-module etc-hosts
+}
+hook -once global BufSetOption filetype=etc-resolv-conf %{
+    require-module etc-resolv-conf
+}
+hook -once global BufSetOption filetype=etc-shadow %{
+    require-module etc-shadow
+}
+hook -once global BufSetOption filetype=etc-passwd %{
+    require-module etc-passwd
+}
+hook -once global BufSetOption filetype=etc-gshadow %{
+    require-module etc-gshadow
+}
+hook -once global BufSetOption filetype=etc-group %{
+    require-module etc-group
+}
+hook -once global BufSetOption filetype=etc-fstab %{
+    require-module etc-fstab
+}
+
 # Highlighters
+
+provide-module etc-resolv-conf %{
 ## /etc/resolv.conf
 add-highlighter shared/etc-resolv-conf group
 add-highlighter shared/etc-resolv-conf/ regex ^#.*?$ 0:comment
@@ -20,8 +45,9 @@ add-highlighter shared/etc-resolv-conf/ regex ^(nameserver|server|domain|sortlis
 hook -group etc-resolv-conf-highlight global WinSetOption filetype=etc-resolv-conf %{
     add-highlighter window/etc-resolv-conf ref etc-resolv-conf
     hook -once -always window WinSetOption filetype=.* %{ remove-highlighter window/etc-resolv-conf }
-}
+}}
 
+provide-module etc-hosts %{
 ## /etc/hosts
 add-highlighter shared/etc-hosts group
 add-highlighter shared/etc-hosts/ regex ^(.+?)[\s\t]+?(.*?)$ 1:type 2:attribute
@@ -30,8 +56,9 @@ add-highlighter shared/etc-hosts/ regex '#.*?$' 0:comment
 hook -group etc-hosts-highlight global WinSetOption filetype=etc-hosts %{
     add-highlighter window/etc-hosts ref etc-hosts
     hook -once -always window WinSetOption filetype=.* %{ remove-highlighter window/etc-hosts }
-}
+}}
 
+provide-module etc-fstab %{
 ## /etc/fstab
 add-highlighter shared/etc-fstab group
 add-highlighter shared/etc-fstab/ regex ^(\S{1,})\s+?(\S{1,})\s+?(\S{1,})\s+?(\S{1,})\s+?(\S{1,})\s+?(\S{1,})(?:\s+)?$ 1:keyword 2:value 3:type 4:string 5:attribute 6:attribute
@@ -40,8 +67,9 @@ add-highlighter shared/etc-fstab/ regex '#.*?$' 0:comment
 hook -group etc-fstab-highlight global WinSetOption filetype=etc-fstab %{
     add-highlighter window/etc-fstab ref etc-fstab
     hook -once -always window WinSetOption filetype=.* %{ remove-highlighter window/etc-fstab }
-}
+}}
 
+provide-module etc-group %{
 ## /etc/group
 add-highlighter shared/etc-group group
 add-highlighter shared/etc-group/ regex ^(\S+?):(\S+?)?:(\S+?)?:(\S+?)?$ 1:keyword 2:type 3:value 4:string
@@ -49,8 +77,9 @@ add-highlighter shared/etc-group/ regex ^(\S+?):(\S+?)?:(\S+?)?:(\S+?)?$ 1:keywo
 hook -group etc-group-highlight global WinSetOption filetype=etc-group %{
     add-highlighter window/etc-group ref etc-group
     hook -once -always window WinSetOption filetype=.* %{ remove-highlighter window/etc-group }
-}
+}}
 
+provide-module etc-gshadow %{
 ## /etc/gshadow
 add-highlighter shared/etc-gshadow group
 add-highlighter shared/etc-gshadow/ regex ^(\S+?):(\S+?)?:(\S+?)?:(\S+?)?$ 1:keyword 2:type 3:value 4:string
@@ -58,8 +87,9 @@ add-highlighter shared/etc-gshadow/ regex ^(\S+?):(\S+?)?:(\S+?)?:(\S+?)?$ 1:key
 hook -group etc-gshadow-highlight global WinSetOption filetype=etc-gshadow %{
     add-highlighter window/etc-gshadow ref etc-gshadow
     hook -once -always window WinSetOption filetype=.* %{ remove-highlighter window/etc-gshadow }
-}
+}}
 
+provide-module etc-shadow %{
 ## /etc/shadow
 add-highlighter shared/etc-shadow group
 add-highlighter shared/etc-shadow/ regex ^(\S+?):(\S+?):([0-9]+?):([0-9]+?)?:([0-9]+?)?:([0-9]+?)?:([0-9]+?)?:([0-9]+?)?:(.*?)?$ 1:keyword 2:type 3:value 4:value 5:value 6:value 7:value 8:value
@@ -67,8 +97,9 @@ add-highlighter shared/etc-shadow/ regex ^(\S+?):(\S+?):([0-9]+?):([0-9]+?)?:([0
 hook -group etc-shadow-highlight global WinSetOption filetype=etc-shadow %{
     add-highlighter window/etc-shadow ref etc-shadow
     hook -once -always window WinSetOption filetype=.* %{ remove-highlighter window/etc-shadow }
-}
+}}
 
+provide-module etc-passwd %{
 ## /etc/passwd
 add-highlighter shared/etc-passwd group
 add-highlighter shared/etc-passwd/ regex ^(\S+?):(\S+?):([0-9]+?):([0-9]+?):(.*?)?:(.+?):(.+?)$ 1:keyword 2:type 3:value 4:value 5:string 6:attribute 7:attribute
@@ -76,4 +107,4 @@ add-highlighter shared/etc-passwd/ regex ^(\S+?):(\S+?):([0-9]+?):([0-9]+?):(.*?
 hook -group etc-passwd-highlight global WinSetOption filetype=etc-passwd %{
     add-highlighter window/etc-passwd ref etc-passwd
     hook -once -always window WinSetOption filetype=.* %{ remove-highlighter window/etc-passwd }
-}
+}}
diff --git a/rc/filetype/fish.kak b/rc/filetype/fish.kak
index 24da9d20..db62a354 100644
--- a/rc/filetype/fish.kak
+++ b/rc/filetype/fish.kak
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ hook global BufCreate .*[.](fish) %{
     set-option buffer filetype fish
 }
 
+hook -once global BufSetOption filetype=fish %{
+    require-module fish
+}
+
+provide-module fish %{
+
 # Highlighters
 # ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
 
@@ -71,3 +77,5 @@ hook global WinSetOption filetype=fish %{
 
     hook -once -always window WinSetOption filetype=.* %{ remove-hooks window fish-.+ }
 }
+
+}
diff --git a/rc/filetype/gas.kak b/rc/filetype/gas.kak
index 0c1f79f8..ba32472a 100644
--- a/rc/filetype/gas.kak
+++ b/rc/filetype/gas.kak
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ hook global BufCreate .*\.(s|S|asm)$ %{
     set-option buffer filetype gas
 }
 
+hook -once global BufSetOption filetype=gas %{
+    require-module gas
+}
+
+provide-module gas %{
+
 add-highlighter shared/gas regions
 add-highlighter shared/gas/code default-region group
 add-highlighter shared/gas/string         region '"' (?<!\\)(\\\\)*"        fill string
@@ -89,3 +95,5 @@ hook global WinSetOption filetype=gas %{
     hook window InsertChar \n -group gas-indent gas-indent-on-new-line
     hook -once -always window WinSetOption filetype=.* %{ remove-hooks window gas-.+ }
 }
+
+}
diff --git a/rc/filetype/git.kak b/rc/filetype/git.kak
index 13d58f0a..155d666c 100644
--- a/rc/filetype/git.kak
+++ b/rc/filetype/git.kak
@@ -10,6 +10,21 @@ hook global BufCreate .*(\.gitconfig|git/config) %{
     set-option buffer filetype ini
 }
 
+hook global BufCreate .*git-rebase-todo %{
+    set-option buffer filetype git-rebase
+}
+
+hook -once global BufSetOption filetype=git-commit %{
+    require-module git-commit
+}
+hook -once global BufSetOption filetype=git-notes %{
+    require-module git-notes
+}
+hook -once global BufSetOption filetype=git-rebase %{
+    require-module git-rebase
+}
+
+provide-module git-commit %{
 hook -group git-commit-highlight global WinSetOption filetype=git-commit %{
     add-highlighter window/git-commit-highlight regions
     add-highlighter window/git-commit-highlight/diff region '^diff --git' '^(?=diff --git)' ref diff # highlight potential diffs from the -v option
@@ -18,23 +33,21 @@ hook -group git-commit-highlight global WinSetOption filetype=git-commit %{
     add-highlighter window/git-commit-highlight/comments/ regex "\b(?:(modified)|(deleted)|(new file)|(renamed|copied)):([^\n]*)$" 1:yellow 2:red 3:green 4:blue 5:magenta
 
     hook -once -always window WinSetOption filetype=.* %{ remove-highlighter window/git-commit-highlight }
-}
+}}
 
+provide-module git-notes %{
 hook -group git-commit-highlight global WinSetOption filetype=git-notes %{
     add-highlighter window/git-notes-highlight regex '^\h*#[^\n]*$' 0:comment
 
     hook -once -always window WinSetOption filetype=.* %{ remove-highlighter window/git-notes-highlight }
-}
+}}
 
 
-hook global BufCreate .*git-rebase-todo %{
-    set-option buffer filetype git-rebase
-}
-
+provide-module git-rebase %{
 hook -group git-rebase-highlight global WinSetOption filetype=git-rebase %{
     add-highlighter window/git-rebase-highlight group
     add-highlighter window/git-rebase-highlight/ regex "#[^\n]*\n" 0:comment
     add-highlighter window/git-rebase-highlight/ regex "^(pick|edit|reword|squash|fixup|exec|break|drop|label|reset|merge|[persfxbdltm]) (\w+)" 1:keyword 2:meta
 
     hook -once -always window WinSetOption filetype=.* %{ remove-highlighter window/git-rebase-highlight }
-}
+}}
diff --git a/rc/filetype/haskell.kak b/rc/filetype/haskell.kak
index c51bcaf4..ecedbcfd 100644
--- a/rc/filetype/haskell.kak
+++ b/rc/filetype/haskell.kak
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ hook global BufCreate .*[.](hs) %{
     set-option buffer filetype haskell
 }
 
+hook -once global BufSetOption filetype=haskell %{
+    require-module haskell
+}
+
+provide-module haskell %[
+
 # Highlighters
 # ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
 
@@ -103,3 +109,5 @@ hook global WinSetOption filetype=haskell %{
 
     hook -once -always window WinSetOption filetype=.* %{ remove-hooks window haskell-.+ }
 }
+
+]
diff --git a/rc/filetype/ini.kak b/rc/filetype/ini.kak
index c03cae4e..24bae58d 100644
--- a/rc/filetype/ini.kak
+++ b/rc/filetype/ini.kak
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ hook global BufCreate .+\.(repo|ini|cfg|properties) %{
     set-option buffer filetype ini
 }
 
+hook -once global BufSetOption filetype=ini %{
+    require-module ini
+}
+
+provide-module ini %{
+
 add-highlighter shared/ini regions
 add-highlighter shared/ini/code default-region group
 add-highlighter shared/ini/comment region '(^|\h)\K[#;]' $ fill comment
@@ -13,3 +19,5 @@ hook -group ini-highlight global WinSetOption filetype=ini %{
     add-highlighter window/ini ref ini
     hook -once -always window WinSetOption filetype=.* %{ remove-highlighter window/ini }
 }
+
+}
diff --git a/rc/filetype/java.kak b/rc/filetype/java.kak
index 7caa5aee..21c28858 100644
--- a/rc/filetype/java.kak
+++ b/rc/filetype/java.kak
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ hook global BufCreate .*\.java %{
     set-option buffer filetype java
 }
 
+hook -once global BufSetOption filetype=java %{
+    require-module java
+}
+
+provide-module java %🦀
+
 add-highlighter shared/java regions
 add-highlighter shared/java/code default-region group
 add-highlighter shared/java/string region %{(?<!')"} %{(?<!\\)(\\\\)*"} fill string
@@ -63,3 +69,5 @@ hook global WinSetOption filetype=java %{
 
     hook -once -always window WinSetOption filetype=.* %{ remove-hooks window java-.+ }
 }
+
+🦀
diff --git a/rc/filetype/julia.kak b/rc/filetype/julia.kak
index abdf547a..ade63480 100644
--- a/rc/filetype/julia.kak
+++ b/rc/filetype/julia.kak
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ hook global BufCreate .*\.(jl) %{
     set-option buffer filetype julia
 }
 
+hook -once global BufSetOption filetype=julia %{
+    require-module julia
+}
+
+provide-module julia %{
+
 # Highlighters
 # ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
 
@@ -28,3 +34,5 @@ hook -group julia-highlight global WinSetOption filetype=julia %{
     add-highlighter window/julia ref julia
     hook -once -always window WinSetOption filetype=.* %{ remove-highlighter window/julia }
 }
+
+}
diff --git a/rc/filetype/lua.kak b/rc/filetype/lua.kak
index 605148e0..c3411c91 100644
--- a/rc/filetype/lua.kak
+++ b/rc/filetype/lua.kak
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ hook global BufCreate .*[.](lua) %{
     set-option buffer filetype lua
 }
 
+hook -once global BufSetOption filetype=lua %{
+    require-module lua
+}
+
+provide-module lua %[
+
 # Highlighters
 # ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
 
@@ -101,3 +107,5 @@ hook global WinSetOption filetype=lua %{
         unalias window alt lua-alternative-file
     }
 }
+
+]
diff --git a/rc/filetype/mail.kak b/rc/filetype/mail.kak
index 4323d28c..73998d90 100644
--- a/rc/filetype/mail.kak
+++ b/rc/filetype/mail.kak
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ hook global BufCreate .+\.eml %{
     set-option buffer filetype mail
 }
 
+hook -once global BufSetOption filetype=mail %{
+    require-module mail
+}
+
+provide-module mail %{
+
 add-highlighter shared/mail group
 add-highlighter shared/mail/ regex ^(From|To|Cc|Bcc|Subject|Reply-To|In-Reply-To|Date):([^\n]*(?:\n\h+[^\n]+)*)$ 1:keyword 2:attribute
 add-highlighter shared/mail/ regex <[^@>]+@.*?> 0:string
@@ -11,3 +17,5 @@ hook -group mail-highlight global WinSetOption filetype=mail %{
     add-highlighter window/mail ref mail
     hook -once -always window WinSetOption filetype=.* %{ remove-highlighter window/mail }
 }
+
+}
diff --git a/rc/filetype/mercurial.kak b/rc/filetype/mercurial.kak
index 3f84eea2..5c014ee7 100644
--- a/rc/filetype/mercurial.kak
+++ b/rc/filetype/mercurial.kak
@@ -8,6 +8,17 @@ hook global BufCreate .*hg-editor-\w+\.txt$ %{
     set-option buffer filetype hg-commit
 }
 
+hook -once global BufSetOption filetype=hg-commit %{
+    require-module hg-commit
+}
+
+provide-module hg-commit %{
+
+# Faces
+# ‾‾‾‾‾
+
+set-face global MercurialCommitComment cyan
+
 # Highlighters
 # ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
 
@@ -16,3 +27,5 @@ hook -group hg-commit-highlight global WinSetOption filetype=hg-commit %{
     add-highlighter window/hg-commit-highlight regex '^HG:[^\n]*' 0:comment
     hook -once -always window WinSetOption filetype=.* %{ remove-highlighter window/hg-commit-highlight }
 }
+
+}
diff --git a/rc/filetype/rust.kak b/rc/filetype/rust.kak
index 28cb98c3..7018ff31 100644
--- a/rc/filetype/rust.kak
+++ b/rc/filetype/rust.kak
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ hook global BufCreate .*[.](rust|rs) %{
     set-option buffer filetype rust
 }
 
+hook -once global BufSetOption filetype=rust %{
+    require-module rust
+}
+
+provide-module rust %🦀
+
 # Highlighters
 # ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
 
@@ -93,3 +99,5 @@ hook global WinSetOption filetype=rust %[
 hook global WinSetOption filetype=rust %[
     set window formatcmd 'rustfmt'
 ]
+
+🦀
diff --git a/rc/filetype/scala.kak b/rc/filetype/scala.kak
index 1e62e2ad..ce890058 100644
--- a/rc/filetype/scala.kak
+++ b/rc/filetype/scala.kak
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ hook global BufCreate .*[.](scala) %{
     set-option buffer filetype scala
 }
 
+hook -once global BufSetOption filetype=scala %{
+    require-module scala
+}
+
+provide-module scala %{
+
 # Highlighters
 # ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
 
@@ -73,3 +79,5 @@ hook global WinSetOption filetype=scala %[
 
     hook -once -always window WinSetOption filetype=.* %{ remove-hooks window scala-.+ }
 ]
+
+}
diff --git a/rc/filetype/swift.kak b/rc/filetype/swift.kak
index 1526cadb..4cf71613 100644
--- a/rc/filetype/swift.kak
+++ b/rc/filetype/swift.kak
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ hook global BufCreate .*\.(swift) %{
     set-option buffer filetype swift
 }
 
+hook -once global BufSetOption filetype=swift %{
+    require-module swift
+}
+
+provide-module swift %{
+
 add-highlighter shared/swift regions
 add-highlighter shared/swift/code default-region group
 add-highlighter shared/swift/string region %{(?<!')"} %{(?<!\\)(\\\\)*"} fill string
@@ -26,3 +32,5 @@ hook -group swift-highlight global WinSetOption filetype=swift %{
     add-highlighter window/swift ref swift
     hook -once -always window WinSetOption filetype=.* %{ remove-highlighter window/swift }
 }
+
+}
diff --git a/rc/filetype/yaml.kak b/rc/filetype/yaml.kak
index 7076e13d..8e0f3487 100644
--- a/rc/filetype/yaml.kak
+++ b/rc/filetype/yaml.kak
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ hook global BufCreate .*[.](ya?ml) %{
     set-option buffer filetype yaml
 }
 
+hook -once global BufSetOption filetype=yaml %{
+    require-module yaml
+}
+
+provide-module yaml %{
+
 # Highlighters
 # ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
 
@@ -56,3 +62,5 @@ hook global WinSetOption filetype=yaml %{
     hook window InsertChar \n -group yaml-indent yaml-indent-on-new-line
     hook -once -always window WinSetOption filetype=.* %{ remove-hooks window yaml-.+ }
 }
+
+}
diff --git a/rc/windowing/screen.kak b/rc/windowing/screen.kak
index e4ddd2e9..8c77e1e9 100644
--- a/rc/windowing/screen.kak
+++ b/rc/windowing/screen.kak
@@ -3,12 +3,11 @@
 
 hook -group GNUscreen global KakBegin .* %sh{
     [ -z "${STY}" ] && exit
-    echo "
-        alias global focus screen-focus
-        alias global terminal screen-terminal-vertical
-    "
+    echo "require-module screen"
 }
 
+provide-module screen %{
+
 define-command screen-terminal-impl -hidden -params 3.. %{
     nop %sh{
         tty="$(ps -o tty ${kak_client_pid} | tail -n 1)"
@@ -67,3 +66,8 @@ If no client is passed then the current one is used' \
         fi
     }
 }
+
+alias global focus screen-focus
+alias global terminal screen-terminal-vertical
+
+}
diff --git a/rc/windowing/tmux.kak b/rc/windowing/tmux.kak
index acc5c097..b3c3dbdc 100644
--- a/rc/windowing/tmux.kak
+++ b/rc/windowing/tmux.kak
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 # http://tmux.github.io/
 # ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
 
-## The default behaviour for the `new` command is to open an horizontal pane in a tmux session
 hook global KakBegin .* %sh{
     if [ -n "$TMUX" ]; then
-        echo "
-            alias global focus tmux-focus
-            alias global terminal tmux-terminal-horizontal
-        "
+        echo "require-module tmux"
     fi
 }
 
+provide-module tmux %{
+
 define-command -hidden -params 2.. tmux-terminal-impl %{
     evaluate-commands %sh{
         tmux=${kak_client_env_TMUX:-$TMUX}
@@ -59,3 +57,9 @@ If no client is passed then the current one is used' \
         fi
     }
 }
+
+## The default behaviour for the `new` command is to open an horizontal pane in a tmux session
+alias global focus tmux-focus
+alias global terminal tmux-terminal-horizontal
+
+}
diff --git a/rc/windowing/x11.kak b/rc/windowing/x11.kak
index 27b637ae..a1a747cf 100644
--- a/rc/windowing/x11.kak
+++ b/rc/windowing/x11.kak
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+# x11
+
+hook global KakBegin .* %sh{
+    if [ -n "$DISPLAY" ]; then
+        echo "require-module x11"
+    fi
+}
+
+provide-module x11 %{
+
 # termcmd should be set such as the next argument is the whole
 # command line to execute
 declare-option -docstring %{shell command run to spawn a new terminal
@@ -71,3 +81,5 @@ If no client is passed, then the current client is used' \
 
 alias global focus x11-focus
 alias global terminal x11-terminal
+
+}