diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
index 7758df93..57009557 100644
--- a/init.lua
+++ b/init.lua
@@ -457,7 +457,16 @@ require('lazy').setup({
     'neovim/nvim-lspconfig',
     dependencies = {
       -- Automatically install LSPs and related tools to stdpath for Neovim
-      { 'williamboman/mason.nvim', config = true }, -- NOTE: Must be loaded before dependants
+      {
+        'williamboman/mason.nvim',
+        -- Mason must be loaded before its dependents so we'll define `opts`
+        -- here: this will make `lazy` automatically run
+        -- `require('mason').setup(opts)` when `nvim-lspconfig` loads.
+        opts = {
+          -- Add overrides for mason's default settings here if needed! e.g.:
+          -- log_level = vim.log.levels.DEBUG,
+        },
+      },
       'williamboman/mason-lspconfig.nvim',
       'WhoIsSethDaniel/mason-tool-installer.nvim',
 
@@ -646,13 +655,16 @@ require('lazy').setup({
       }
 
       -- Ensure the servers and tools above are installed
-      --  To check the current status of installed tools and/or manually install
-      --  other tools, you can run
+      --
+      -- To check the current status of installed tools and/or manually install
+      -- other tools, you can run
       --    :Mason
       --
-      --  You can press `g?` for help in this menu.
-      require('mason').setup()
-
+      -- You can press `g?` for help in this menu.
+      --
+      -- `mason` had to be setup earlier: to configure its options see the
+      -- `dependencies` table for `nvim-lspconfig` above.
+      --
       -- You can add other tools here that you want Mason to install
       -- for you, so that they are available from within Neovim.
       local ensure_installed = vim.tbl_keys(servers or {})