diff --git a/core/docz-core/src/config/babel.ts b/core/docz-core/src/config/babel.ts
index 2bbbc6c3f..b0675e191 100644
--- a/core/docz-core/src/config/babel.ts
+++ b/core/docz-core/src/config/babel.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { load } from 'load-cfg'
-import { merge } from 'lodash'
+import { merge } from 'lodash/fp'
 import getCacheIdentifier from 'react-dev-utils/getCacheIdentifier'
 
 import { Config, Env } from '../config/argv'
diff --git a/core/docz-core/src/config/docz.ts b/core/docz-core/src/config/docz.ts
index 970d47a40..aa437e32c 100644
--- a/core/docz-core/src/config/docz.ts
+++ b/core/docz-core/src/config/docz.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ import * as path from 'path'
 import { Arguments } from 'yargs'
 import { omit } from 'lodash/fp'
 import { load, loadFrom } from 'load-cfg'
+import { merge } from 'lodash/fp'
 import detectPort from 'detect-port'
-import merge from 'lodash/merge'
 
 import * as paths from '../config/paths'
 import { BabelRC } from '../config/babel'
diff --git a/core/docz-core/src/states/config.ts b/core/docz-core/src/states/config.ts
index fd6ded6e7..403b1f802 100644
--- a/core/docz-core/src/states/config.ts
+++ b/core/docz-core/src/states/config.ts
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@ const getInitialConfig = (config: Config): Payload => {
   }
 }
 
-const updateConfig = (config: Config) => async (p: Params) => {
-  const initial = getInitialConfig(config)
+const update = async (params: Params, initial: Payload) => {
   const next = load('docz', initial, true, true)
-  p.setState('config', next)
+  params.setState('config', next)
 }
 
 export const state = (config: Config): State => {
+  const initial = getInitialConfig(config)
   const watcher = chokidar.watch(finds('docz'), {
     cwd: paths.root,
     ignored: /(((^|[\/\\])\..+)|(node_modules))/,
@@ -55,10 +55,8 @@ export const state = (config: Config): State => {
   return {
     id: 'config',
     start: async params => {
-      const update = updateConfig(config)
-      const fn = async () => update(params)
+      const fn = async () => update(params, initial)
 
-      await update(params)
       watcher.on('add', fn)
       watcher.on('change', fn)
       watcher.on('unlink', fn)
diff --git a/other-packages/load-cfg/src/index.ts b/other-packages/load-cfg/src/index.ts
index 658c7dcc0..31c698dce 100644
--- a/other-packages/load-cfg/src/index.ts
+++ b/other-packages/load-cfg/src/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import * as fs from 'fs-extra'
 import * as path from 'path'
 import * as findup from 'find-up'
-import { merge } from 'lodash'
+import { merge } from 'lodash/fp'
 
 export const loadFile = (filepath: string, noCache?: boolean) => {
   require('@babel/register')({
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ export function load<C = any>(
       ? merge(defaultConfig, file)
       : { ...defaultConfig, ...file }
     : file
-
   // tslint:disable
   return next
 }