diff --git a/zsh/.config/zsh/.zshrc b/zsh/.config/zsh/.zshrc
index 595c899..803cc9d 100644
--- a/zsh/.config/zsh/.zshrc
+++ b/zsh/.config/zsh/.zshrc
@@ -10,14 +10,30 @@ for zfile in $ZDOTDIR/*.zsh; do
     source $zfile
 done
 
-# Clone Antidote if necessary
-[[ -e $ZDOTDIR/.antidote ]] || git clone https://github.com/mattmc3/antidote.git $ZDOTDIR/.antidote
+# Set variables for antidote
+antidote_dir="$ZDOTDIR/.antidote"
+plugins_txt="$ZDOTDIR/.zsh_plugins.txt"
+static_file="$ZDOTDIR/.zsh_plugins.zsh"
 
-# Source Antidote
-source $ZDOTDIR/.antidote/antidote.zsh
+# Clone antidote if necessary and generate a static plugin file
+if [[ ! $static_file -nt $plugins_txt ]]; then
+    [[ -e $antidote_dir ]] ||
+        git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/mattmc3/antidote.git $antidote_dir
+    (
+        source $antidote_dir/antidote.zsh
+        [[ -e $plugins_txt ]] || touch $plugins_txt
+        antidote bundle <$plugins_txt >$static_file
+    )
+fi
 
-# Generate and source plugins from $ZDOTDIR/.zsh_plugins.txt
-antidote load
+# Make antidote commands available
+autoload -Uz $antidote_dir/functions/antidote
+
+# Source the static plugins file
+source $static_file
+
+# Cleanup
+unset antidote_dir plugins_file static_file
 
 # Set p10k prompt
 autoload -Uz promptinit && promptinit && prompt powerlevel10k