just gave up and used an envvar instead

hyprland.lua

@@ -12,12 +12,5 @@ if handle then
 	end
 end
 
--- Check if the plugin module is present
--- If it is, require it
-local ok, err = pcall(dofile, "plugins")
-if not ok then
-	hl.exec_cmd("notify-send 'Lua error' '" .. tostring(err) .. "'")
-end
-
 -- Import everything else
 require("autoload")