diff --git a/plugin/notecrate.vim b/plugin/notecrate.vim
index e73dd07..02c352f 100644
--- a/plugin/notecrate.vim
+++ b/plugin/notecrate.vim
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ if !exists("g:notecrate_dirs")
 		\ }
 endif
 for [key, value] in items(g:notecrate_dirs)
-	execute "autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile " . value["dir"] . "/*.md set filetype=notecrate syntax=notecrate"
-	execute "normal! :nnoremap <leader>w" . value["prefix"] . " :e " . value["dir"] . "/index.md<CR>:let b:notecrate_dir = \"" . value["dir"] . "\"<CR>:let b:notecrate_history = []<CR>\<CR>"
+	silent execute "autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile " . value["dir"] . "/*.md set filetype=notecrate syntax=notecrate\<CR>"
+	" silent execute "normal! :nnoremap <leader>w" . value["prefix"] . " :e " . value["dir"] . "/index.md<CR>:let b:notecrate_dir = \"" . value["dir"] . "\"<CR>:let b:notecrate_history = []<CR>\<CR>\<CR>\<CR>"
 endfor