diff --git a/docs/release-notes/rl-0.8.md b/docs/release-notes/rl-0.8.md
index dc787f9c..142edaa7 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/rl-0.8.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes/rl-0.8.md
@@ -148,3 +148,5 @@
 
 - Add [multicursors.nvim](https://github.com/smoka7/multicursors.nvim) to
   available plugins, under `vim.utility.multicursors`.
+- Add [hydra.nvim](https://github.com/nvimtools/hydra.nvim) as dependency for
+  `multicursors.nvim` and lazy loads by default.
diff --git a/modules/plugins/hydra/config.nix b/modules/plugins/hydra/config.nix
index e117cae9..abb3f306 100644
--- a/modules/plugins/hydra/config.nix
+++ b/modules/plugins/hydra/config.nix
@@ -12,39 +12,11 @@ in {
       lazy.plugins.hydra = {
         package = "hydra-nvim";
         setupModule = "hydra";
-        #inherit (cfg) setupOpts;
-        setupOpts = {
-          debug = false;
-          exit = false;
-          foreign_keys = null;
-          color = "red";
-          timeout = false;
-          invoke_on_body = false;
-          hint = {
-            show_name = true;
-            position = "bottom";
-            offset = 0;
-            float_opts = {};
-          };
-          on_enter = null;
-          on_exit = null;
-          on_key = null;
-        };
-
-        after = ''
-          -- custom lua code to run after plugin is loaded
-          print('multicursors loaded')
-        '';
+        inherit (cfg) setupOpts;
 
         event = ["DeferredUIEnter"];
         cmd = ["MCstart" "MCvisual" "MCclear" "MCpattern" "MCvisualPattern" "MCunderCursor"];
       };
-      #keys = [
-      #  (mkKeymap "n" mappings.mcStart "<cmd>MCstart<cr>" {desc = "Create a selection for selected text or word under the cursor [multicursors.nvim]";})
-      #];
-      # dependencies = [
-      #   config.vim.lazy.plugins.hydra # hydra.nvim - Create custom submodes and menus
-      # ];
     };
   };
 }
diff --git a/modules/plugins/hydra/hydra.nix b/modules/plugins/hydra/hydra.nix
index 7b67d66b..59287a7b 100644
--- a/modules/plugins/hydra/hydra.nix
+++ b/modules/plugins/hydra/hydra.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 {lib, ...}: let
-  #inherit (lib) types;
   inherit (lib.options) mkEnableOption;
 in {
-  options.vim.hydra = {
-    enable = mkEnableOption "Creating custom submodes and menus [nvimtools/hydra.nvim]";
+  options.vim.utility.hydra = {
+    enable = mkEnableOption "utility for creating custom submodes and menus [nvimtools/hydra.nvim]";
   };
 }