diff --git a/lua/core/custom.lua b/lua/core/custom.lua
index c058061..44c1696 100644
--- a/lua/core/custom.lua
+++ b/lua/core/custom.lua
@@ -1,22 +1,5 @@
-local function isModuleAvailable(name)
-   if package.loaded[name] then
-      return true
-   else
-      for _, searcher in ipairs(package.searchers or package.loaders) do
-         local loader = searcher(name)
-         if type(loader) == "function" then
-            package.preload[name] = loader
-            return true
-         end
-      end
-      return false
-   end
-end
+local moduleExists = pcall(require, "custom")
 
-local loadIfExists = function(module)
-   if isModuleAvailable(module) then
-      require(module)
-   end
+if moduleExists then
+   require "custom"
 end
-
-loadIfExists "custom"
diff --git a/lua/core/hooks.lua b/lua/core/hooks.lua
index 2602ff7..af70156 100644
--- a/lua/core/hooks.lua
+++ b/lua/core/hooks.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-local hooks, overrides, M = {}, {}, {}
+local hooks, M = {}, {}
 local allowed_hooks = {
    "install_plugins",
    "setup_mappings",
@@ -11,13 +11,11 @@ local function has_value(tab, val)
          return true
       end
    end
-
-   return false
 end
 
 M.add = function(name, fn)
    if not (has_value(allowed_hooks, name)) then
-      error("Custom lua uses unallowed hook " .. name)
+      print("Custom lua uses unallowed hook " .. name)
    end
    if hooks[name] == nil then
       hooks[name] = {}
@@ -26,43 +24,11 @@ M.add = function(name, fn)
 end
 
 M.run = function(name, args)
-   if hooks[name] == nil then
-      return
-   end
-
-   for _, hook in pairs(hooks[name]) do
-      hook(args)
-   end
-end
-
-M.createOverrides = function(module)
-   local O = {}
-
-   O.get = function(name, default)
-      local current = default
-      if overrides[module] and overrides[module][name] then
-         if type(overrides[module][name]) == "function" then
-            current = overrides[module][name]
-         elseif type(overrides[module][name]) == "table" then
-            for _, override in pairs(overrides[module][name]) do
-               current = override(current)
-            end
-         end
+   if hooks[name] ~= nil then
+      for _, hook in pairs(hooks[name]) do
+         hook(args)
       end
-      return current
    end
-
-   return O
-end
-
-M.override = function(module, name, overwrite)
-   if overrides[module] == nil then
-      overrides[module] = {}
-   end
-   if overrides[module][name] == nil then
-      overrides[module][name] = {}
-   end
-   table.insert(overrides[module][name], overwrite)
 end
 
 return M
diff --git a/lua/core/init.lua b/lua/core/init.lua
index dc1198c..634087f 100644
--- a/lua/core/init.lua
+++ b/lua/core/init.lua
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ local core_modules = {
    "core.mappings",
 }
 
-local hooks = require "core.hooks"
-
 for _, module in ipairs(core_modules) do
    local ok, err = pcall(require, module)
    if not ok then
@@ -16,5 +14,3 @@ end
 
 -- set all the non plugin mappings
 require("core.mappings").misc()
-
-hooks.run "ready"
diff --git a/lua/core/options.lua b/lua/core/options.lua
index 2438b16..5be456d 100644
--- a/lua/core/options.lua
+++ b/lua/core/options.lua
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 local opt = vim.opt
 local g = vim.g
 
--- export user config as a global varibale
-g.nvchad_user_config = "chadrc"
-
 local options = require("core.utils").load_config().options
 
 opt.title = true
diff --git a/lua/core/utils.lua b/lua/core/utils.lua
index e9fbd1f..d7fa99b 100644
--- a/lua/core/utils.lua
+++ b/lua/core/utils.lua
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ M.load_config = function(reload)
    }
 
    local default_config = "core.default_config"
-   local config_name = vim.g.nvchad_user_config or "chadrc"
+   local config_name = "chadrc"
    local config_file = vim.fn.stdpath "config" .. "/lua/custom/" .. config_name .. ".lua"
 
    -- unload the modules if force reload
diff --git a/lua/plugins/configs/lspconfig.lua b/lua/plugins/configs/lspconfig.lua
index be12585..76fe1b0 100644
--- a/lua/plugins/configs/lspconfig.lua
+++ b/lua/plugins/configs/lspconfig.lua
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-local overrides = require("core.hooks").createOverrides "lsp"
-
 local function on_attach(_, bufnr)
    local function buf_set_keymap(...)
       vim.api.nvim_buf_set_keymap(bufnr, ...)
@@ -62,7 +60,7 @@ lspSymbol("Information", "")
 lspSymbol("Hint", "")
 lspSymbol("Warning", "")
 
-local lsp_publish_diagnostics_options = overrides.get("publish_diagnostics", {
+vim.lsp.handlers["textDocument/publishDiagnostics"] = vim.lsp.with(vim.lsp.diagnostic.on_publish_diagnostics, {
    virtual_text = {
       prefix = "",
       spacing = 0,
@@ -71,10 +69,6 @@ local lsp_publish_diagnostics_options = overrides.get("publish_diagnostics", {
    underline = true,
    update_in_insert = false, -- update diagnostics insert mode
 })
-vim.lsp.handlers["textDocument/publishDiagnostics"] = vim.lsp.with(
-   vim.lsp.diagnostic.on_publish_diagnostics,
-   lsp_publish_diagnostics_options
-)
 vim.lsp.handlers["textDocument/hover"] = vim.lsp.with(vim.lsp.handlers.hover, {
    border = "single",
 })