diff --git a/etc/conf.org b/etc/conf.org
index 03ffec3..9a94122 100644
--- a/etc/conf.org
+++ b/etc/conf.org
@@ -3940,14 +3940,24 @@ Some of these commands just get in the way of being evil (which really means tha
 :ID:       ea04f214-0510-4a04-8ee4-2ac8e6955dde
 :END:
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
+;; hack to fix evil removal of `evil-redirect-digit-argument' which will cause
+;; evil-org to fail on load
+;; see https://github.com/Somelauw/evil-org-mode/issues/93
+(fset 'evil-redirect-digit-argument 'ignore)
+
+
 (use-package evil-org
-  :straight t
+  :straight evil-org-mode
   :after (evil org)
   :delight
   :config
   (add-hook 'org-mode-hook 'evil-org-mode)
   (add-hook 'evil-org-mode-hook 'evil-org-set-key-theme)
 
+  ;; this was added to deal with bug above
+  (add-to-list 'evil-digit-bound-motions 'evil-org-beginning-of-line)
+  (evil-define-key 'motion 'evil-org-mode
+    (kbd "0") 'evil-org-beginning-of-line)
 
   (evil-define-key 'normal org-mode-map
     "g]" #'nd/org-goto-last-child-headline)