diff --git a/lua/plugins/lazy/init.lua b/lua/plugins/lazy/init.lua
index 299852f..ef80ad5 100644
--- a/lua/plugins/lazy/init.lua
+++ b/lua/plugins/lazy/init.lua
@@ -1,23 +1,89 @@
+-- Boostrap Lazy plugin manager
 local lazypath = vim.fn.stdpath("data") .. "/lazy/lazy.nvim"
+
+-- It is possible to install this config via tarball,
+-- or inherit it when copying my user config to a new machine.
+-- 
+-- It is also possible that git can be installed but not in $PATH
+-- especially when linux DE's are started via `exec env`
+-- 
+-- as such the system installing it may not have git avaialable
+-- This is a failure condition as we cannot bootstrap,
+-- nor manage plugins without it.
+if vim.fn.executable("git") == 0 then
+	vim.api.nvim_echo(
+		{
+			{ "git is not installed, will be unable to use Lazy\n", "ErrorMsg"},
+			{ "your PATH is: ", "WarningMsg" },
+			{ vim.env.PATH, "WarningMsg"}, -- output path for debugging purposes
+			{ "\nPress any key to exit..."}
+		}, true, {} )
+	vim.fn.getchar()
+	os.exit(1)
+end
+
+
+-- Standard bootstrapping process.
 if not (vim.uv or vim.loop).fs_stat(lazypath) then
 	local lazyrepo = "https://github.com/folke/lazy.nvim.git"
+
+
 	local out = vim.fn.system({ "git", "clone", "--filter=blob:none", "--branch=stable", lazyrepo, lazypath })
 	if vim.v.shell_error ~= 0 then
 		vim.api.nvim_echo({
 			{ "Failed to clone lazy.nvim:\n", "ErrorMsg" },
 			{ out, "WarningMsg" },
 			{ "\nPress any key to exit..." },
-		}, true, {})
+		}, true, {} )
 		vim.fn.getchar()
 		os.exit(1)
 	end
 end
 vim.opt.rtp:prepend(lazypath)
 
+-- Check for internet, if we have curl..
+-- This check is intentionally placed after the bootstrapping
+-- as bootstrapping will fail if we don't have internet anyway.
+-- and outside of that it is not a failure condition
+if vim.fn.executable("curl") == 1 then
+	local out = vim.fn.system({
+		"curl",
+		"-sS" , -- only output errors
+		"--head", -- only get headers
+		"www.google.com",
+		"-o", -- send any output to /dev/null
+		"/dev/null"
+	})
+
+	if vim.v.shell_error ~= 0 then
+		vim.api.nvim_echo({
+			{ "We can't connect to the internet\n", "WarningMsg"},
+			{ "This is what curl said: ", "WarningMsg" },
+			{ out, "WarningMsg" },
+			{ "Packages can load, but we cannot install/update\n" },
+			{ "Press any key to continue...\n" }
+		}, true, {})
+	end
+end
+
+-- Actually load Lazy and get it going
 require("lazy").setup({
 	spec = {
 		{ import = "plugins.spec" },
 	},
 
 	checker = { enabled = true },
+
+	performance = {
+		rtp = {
+			disabled_plugins ={
+				"netrwPlugin",
+				"gzip",
+				"tarPlugin",
+				"tohtml",
+				"tutor",
+				"zipPlugin"
+			}
+		}
+	}
 })