diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 1a825db..ef377e2 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -22,9 +22,8 @@ sudo pacman -S selene stylua
 
 For formatting use this following commands, or setup your editor to integrate with selene/stylua:
 ```bash
-task format
-task format:check  # will check if your code formatted
-task lint
+task stylua
+task lint # lintering and format chewing
 ```
 
 ### Documentation
@@ -43,8 +42,8 @@ We use [Conventional Commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/), p
 
 ### Testing
 
-For testing this plugins uses [plenary.nvim](https://github.com/nvim-lua/plenary.nvim).
-All tests live in [/spec](https://github.com/olexsmir/gopher.nvim/tree/main/spec) dir.
+For testing this plugins uses [mini.test](https://github.com/echasnovski/mini.nvim/blob/main/readmes/mini-test.md).
+All tests live in [/spec](./spec) dir.
 
 You can run tests with:
 ```bash
diff --git a/Taskfile.yml b/Taskfile.yml
index c6f5339..3900751 100644
--- a/Taskfile.yml
+++ b/Taskfile.yml
@@ -1,26 +1,16 @@
 version: "3"
 tasks:
-  format:
-    desc: formats all lua files in repo
-    cmds:
-      - stylua .
-
   lint:
     desc: runs all linters
     cmds:
       - task: selene
-      - task: stylua:check
+      - stylua --check .
 
   selene:
     desc: runs lua linter(selene)
     cmds:
       - selene .
 
-  stylua:check:
-    desc: runs stylua in check mode
-    cmds:
-      - stylua --check .
-
   stylua:
     desc: runs lua formatter
     cmds:
diff --git a/autoload/health/gopher.vim b/autoload/health/gopher.vim
deleted file mode 100644
index 4e3c56d..0000000
--- a/autoload/health/gopher.vim
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-function! health#gopher#check()
-  lua require("gopher.health").check()
-endfunction
diff --git a/doc/gopher.nvim.txt b/doc/gopher.nvim.txt
index a266fc9..1ad1cb5 100644
--- a/doc/gopher.nvim.txt
+++ b/doc/gopher.nvim.txt
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ You can look at default options |gopher.nvim-config-defaults|
     ---@type number
     timeout = 2000,
 
+    --- whether to setup plugin commands or not
+    ---@type boolean
+    setup_commands = true,
+
     -- user specified paths to binaries
     ---@class gopher.ConfigCommand
     commands = {
diff --git a/lua/gopher/_utils/runner/gocmd.lua b/lua/gopher/_utils/runner/gocmd.lua
index 7e14456..a091c4f 100644
--- a/lua/gopher/_utils/runner/gocmd.lua
+++ b/lua/gopher/_utils/runner/gocmd.lua
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ end
 
 ---@param subcmd string
 ---@param args string[]
----@return string[]|nil
+---@return string
 function gocmd.run(subcmd, args)
-  if #args == 0 then
+  if #args == 0 and subcmd ~= "generate" then
     error "please provide any arguments"
   end
 
@@ -39,15 +39,13 @@ function gocmd.run(subcmd, args)
     args = if_generate(args)
   end
 
-  return r.sync(c.go, {
-    args = { subcmd, unpack(args) },
-    on_exit = function(data, status)
-      if status ~= 0 then
-        error("gocmd failed: " .. data)
-      end
-      u.notify(c.go .. " " .. subcmd .. " ran successful")
-    end,
-  })
+  local rs = r.sync { c.go, subcmd, unpack(args) }
+  if rs.code ~= 0 then
+    error("go " .. subcmd .. " failed: " .. rs.stderr)
+  end
+
+  u.notify(c.go .. " " .. subcmd .. " ran successful")
+  return rs.stdout
 end
 
 return gocmd
diff --git a/lua/gopher/config.lua b/lua/gopher/config.lua
index 74cbff3..f5ea7ba 100644
--- a/lua/gopher/config.lua
+++ b/lua/gopher/config.lua
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ local default_config = {
   ---@type number
   timeout = 2000,
 
+  --- whether to setup plugin commands or not
+  ---@type boolean
+  setup_commands = true,
+
   -- user specified paths to binaries
   ---@class gopher.ConfigCommand
   commands = {
@@ -90,10 +94,18 @@ function config.setup(user_config)
   _config = vim.tbl_deep_extend("force", default_config, user_config or {})
 end
 
+---@return boolean
+---@private
+function config.should_setup_commands()
+  return config.setup_commands
+end
+
 setmetatable(config, {
   __index = function(_, key)
     return _config[key]
   end,
 })
 
+---@return gopher.Config
+---@private
 return config
diff --git a/lua/gopher/init.lua b/lua/gopher/init.lua
index e1d136c..dfcefc9 100644
--- a/lua/gopher/init.lua
+++ b/lua/gopher/init.lua
@@ -55,19 +55,19 @@ gopher.test = {
 }
 
 gopher.get = function(...)
-  gocmd("get", { ... })
+  gocmd("get", ...)
 end
 
 gopher.mod = function(...)
-  gocmd("mod", { ... })
+  gocmd("mod", ...)
 end
 
 gopher.generate = function(...)
-  gocmd("generate", { ... })
+  gocmd("generate", ...)
 end
 
 gopher.work = function(...)
-  gocmd("work", { ... })
+  gocmd("work", ...)
 end
 
 return gopher
diff --git a/plugin/gopher.lua b/plugin/gopher.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e9eb99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/gopher.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+--- NOTE: runs in defer since this file before gopher.config
+--- I'm not sure if this is the best to do this
+vim.schedule(function()
+  if require("gopher.config").should_setup_commands() then
+    vim.api.nvim_create_user_command("GopherLog", function()
+      vim.cmd("tabnew " .. require("gopher._utils.log").get_outfile())
+    end, { nargs = 0 })
+
+    vim.api.nvim_create_user_command("GoIfErr", function()
+      require("gopher").iferr()
+    end, { nargs = 0 })
+
+    vim.api.nvim_create_user_command("GoCmt", function()
+      require("gopher").comment()
+    end, { nargs = 0 })
+
+    vim.api.nvim_create_user_command("GoImpl", function(args)
+      require("gopher").impl(unpack(args.fargs))
+    end, { nargs = "*" })
+
+    -- :GoInstall
+    vim.api.nvim_create_user_command("GoInstallDeps", function()
+      require("gopher").install_deps()
+    end, { nargs = 0 })
+
+    vim.api.nvim_create_user_command("GoInstallDepsSync", function()
+      require("gopher").install_deps { sync = true }
+    end, { nargs = 0 })
+
+    --- :GoTag
+    vim.api.nvim_create_user_command("GoTagAdd", function(opts)
+      require("gopher").tags.add(unpack(opts.fargs))
+    end, { nargs = "*" })
+
+    vim.api.nvim_create_user_command("GoTagRm", function(opts)
+      require("gopher").tags.rm(unpack(opts.fargs))
+    end, { nargs = "*" })
+
+    vim.api.nvim_create_user_command("GoTagClear", function()
+      require("gopher").tags.clear()
+    end, { nargs = 0 })
+
+    --- :GoTest
+    vim.api.nvim_create_user_command("GoTestAdd", function()
+      require("gopher").test.add()
+    end, { nargs = 0 })
+
+    vim.api.nvim_create_user_command("GoTestsAll", function()
+      require("gopher").test.all()
+    end, { nargs = 0 })
+
+    vim.api.nvim_create_user_command("GoTestsExp", function()
+      require("gopher").test.exported()
+    end, { nargs = 0 })
+
+    -- :Go
+    vim.api.nvim_create_user_command("GoMod", function(opts)
+      require("gopher").mod(opts.fargs)
+    end, { nargs = "*" })
+
+    vim.api.nvim_create_user_command("GoGet", function(opts)
+      vim.print(opts)
+      require("gopher").get(opts.fargs)
+    end, { nargs = "*" })
+
+    vim.api.nvim_create_user_command("GoWork", function(opts)
+      require("gopher").get(opts.fargs)
+    end, { nargs = "*" })
+
+    vim.api.nvim_create_user_command("GoGenerate", function(opts)
+      require("gopher").generate(opts.fargs or "")
+    end, { nargs = "?" })
+  end
+end)
diff --git a/plugin/gopher.vim b/plugin/gopher.vim
deleted file mode 100644
index dc924b9..0000000
--- a/plugin/gopher.vim
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-command! -nargs=* GoTagAdd :lua require"gopher".tags.add(<f-args>)
-command! -nargs=* GoTagRm :lua require"gopher".tags.rm(<f-args>)
-command! GoTagClear :lua require"gopher".tags.clear()
-command! GoTestAdd :lua require"gopher".test.add()
-command! GoTestsAll :lua require"gopher".test.all()
-command! GoTestsExp :lua require"gopher".test.exported()
-command! -nargs=* GoMod :lua require"gopher".mod(<f-args>)
-command! -nargs=* GoGet :lua require"gopher".get(<f-args>)
-command! -nargs=* GoWork :lua require"gopher".work(<f-args>)
-command! -nargs=* GoImpl :lua require"gopher".impl(<f-args>)
-command! -nargs=* GoGenerate :lua require"gopher".generate(<f-args>)
-command! GoCmt :lua require"gopher".comment()
-command! GoIfErr :lua require"gopher".iferr()
-command! GoInstallDeps :lua require"gopher".install_deps()
-command! GoInstallDepsSync :lua require"gopher".install_deps({ sync = true })
-command! GopherLog :lua vim.cmd("tabnew " .. require("gopher._utils.log").get_outfile())