diff --git a/lua/plugins/neorg.lua b/lua/plugins/neorg.lua
index 7943a4b..cd9e598 100644
--- a/lua/plugins/neorg.lua
+++ b/lua/plugins/neorg.lua
@@ -12,13 +12,14 @@ return {
 		local src = data .. "/site/pack/core/opt/tree-sitter-norg"
 		local src_meta = data .. "/site/pack/core/opt/tree-sitter-norg-meta"
 		local parser_dir = data .. "/site/parser"
+		vim.fn.mkdir(parser_dir, "p")
+
 		local out = parser_dir .. "/norg.so"
 		local out_meta = parser_dir .. "/norg_meta.so"
 
 
 		if not vim.uv.fs_stat(out) and vim.uv.fs_stat(src) then
-			-- not already built, and present
-			vim.fn.mkdir(parser_dir, "p")
+			-- not already built, and src present
 			local result = vim.system({ "nix", "build" }, { cwd = src }):wait()
 			if result.code == 0 then
 				vim.system({ "cp", "result/lib/lua/5.1/parser/norg.so", out }, { cwd = src }):wait()
@@ -26,7 +27,10 @@ return {
 				vim.notify("failed to run nix build for norg treesitter, got result " .. tostring(result),
 					vim.log.levels.ERROR)
 			end
-			result = vim.system({ "nix", "build" }, { cwd = src_meta }):wait()
+		end
+		if not vim.uv.fs_stat(out_meta) and vim.uv.fs_stat(src_meta) then
+			-- not already built, and src present
+			local result = vim.system({ "nix", "build" }, { cwd = src_meta }):wait()
 			if result.code == 0 then
 				vim.system({ "cp", "result/parser", out_meta }, { cwd = src_meta }):wait()
 			else