diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 49cb8ed..04f44c2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,10 +20,8 @@ Requirements:
 {
   "olexsmir/gopher.nvim",
   ft = "go",
-  -- branch = "develop", -- if you want develop branch
-                         -- keep in mind, it might break everything
+  -- branch = "develop"
   dependencies = {
-    "nvim-lua/plenary.nvim",
     "nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter",
   },
   -- (optional) will update plugin's deps on every update
diff --git a/lua/gopher/_utils/runner/init.lua b/lua/gopher/_utils/runner/init.lua
index 3c08f7f..15eaa42 100644
--- a/lua/gopher/_utils/runner/init.lua
+++ b/lua/gopher/_utils/runner/init.lua
@@ -1,33 +1,39 @@
-local Job = require "plenary.job"
+local c = require "gopher.config"
 local runner = {}
 
 ---@class gopher.RunnerOpts
----@field args? string[]
----@field cwd? string?
----@field on_exit? fun(data:string, status:number)
+---@field cwd? string
+---@field timeout? number
+---@field stdin? boolean|string|string[]
+---@field text? boolean
 
----@param cmd string
----@param opts gopher.RunnerOpts
----@return string[]|nil
+---@param cmd (string|number)[]
+---@param on_exit fun(out:vim.SystemCompleted)
+---@param opts? gopher.RunnerOpts
+---@return vim.SystemObj
+function runner.async(cmd, on_exit, opts)
+  opts = opts or {}
+  return vim.system(cmd, {
+    cwd = opts.cwd or nil,
+    timeout = opts.timeout or c.timeout,
+    stdin = opts.stdin or nil,
+    text = opts.text or true,
+  }, on_exit)
+end
+
+---@param cmd (string|number)[]
+---@param opts? gopher.RunnerOpts
+---@return vim.SystemCompleted
 function runner.sync(cmd, opts)
-  local output
-  Job:new({
-    command = cmd,
-    args = opts.args,
-    cwd = opts.cwd,
-    on_stderr = function(_, data)
-      vim.print(data)
-    end,
-    on_exit = function(data, status)
-      output = data:result()
-      vim.schedule(function()
-        if opts.on_exit then
-          opts.on_exit(output, status)
-        end
-      end)
-    end,
-  }):sync(60000 --[[1 min]])
-  return output
+  opts = opts or {}
+  return vim
+    .system(cmd, {
+      cwd = opts.cwd or nil,
+      timeout = opts.timeout or c.timeout,
+      stdin = opts.stdin or nil,
+      text = opts.text or true,
+    })
+    :wait()
 end
 
 return runner
diff --git a/lua/gopher/config.lua b/lua/gopher/config.lua
index 18c08c3..94dbab9 100644
--- a/lua/gopher/config.lua
+++ b/lua/gopher/config.lua
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ local default_config = {
   ---@type number
   log_level = vim.log.levels.INFO,
 
+  -- timeout for running commands
+  ---@type number
+  timeout = 2000,
+
   -- user specified paths to binaries
   ---@class gopher.ConfigCommand
   commands = {
diff --git a/lua/gopher/health.lua b/lua/gopher/health.lua
index 9fa0bed..4438c8a 100644
--- a/lua/gopher/health.lua
+++ b/lua/gopher/health.lua
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ local u = require "gopher._utils.health_util"
 
 local deps = {
   plugin = {
-    { lib = "dap", msg = "required for `gopher.dap`", optional = true },
-    { lib = "plenary", msg = "required for everything in gopher.nvim", optional = false },
-    { lib = "nvim-treesitter", msg = "required for everything in gopher.nvim", optional = false },
+    { lib = "nvim-treesitter", msg = "required for everything in gopher.nvim" },
   },
   bin = {
     {
@@ -14,17 +12,17 @@ local deps = {
       msg = "required for `:GoGet`, `:GoMod`, `:GoGenerate`, `:GoWork`, `:GoInstallDeps`",
       optional = false,
     },
-    { bin = cmd.gomodifytags, msg = "required for `:GoTagAdd`, `:GoTagRm`", optional = false },
-    { bin = cmd.impl, msg = "required for `:GoImpl`", optional = false },
-    { bin = cmd.iferr, msg = "required for `:GoIfErr`", optional = false },
+    { bin = cmd.gomodifytags, msg = "required for `:GoTagAdd`, `:GoTagRm`", optional = true },
+    { bin = cmd.impl, msg = "required for `:GoImpl`", optional = true },
+    { bin = cmd.iferr, msg = "required for `:GoIfErr`", optional = true },
     {
       bin = cmd.gotests,
       msg = "required for `:GoTestAdd`, `:GoTestsAll`, `:GoTestsExp`",
-      optional = false,
+      optional = true,
     },
   },
   treesitter = {
-    { parser = "go", msg = "required for `gopher.nvim`", optional = false },
+    { parser = "go", msg = "required for `gopher.nvim`" },
   },
 }
 
@@ -34,11 +32,7 @@ function health.check()
     if u.is_lualib_found(plugin.lib) then
       u.ok(plugin.lib .. " installed")
     else
-      if plugin.optional then
-        u.warn(plugin.lib .. " not found, " .. plugin.msg)
-      else
-        u.error(plugin.lib .. " not found, " .. plugin.msg)
-      end
+      u.error(plugin.lib .. " not found, " .. plugin.msg)
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/scripts/minimal_init.lua b/scripts/minimal_init.lua
index e59f06a..6b4a032 100644
--- a/scripts/minimal_init.lua
+++ b/scripts/minimal_init.lua
@@ -8,17 +8,23 @@ local function install_plug(plugin)
   local package_root = root ".tests/site/pack/deps/start/"
   if not vim.uv.fs_stat(package_root .. name) then
     print("Installing " .. plugin)
-    vim.fn.mkdir(package_root, "p")
-    vim.fn.system {
-      "git",
-      "clone",
-      "--depth=1",
-      "https://github.com/" .. plugin .. ".git",
-      package_root .. "/" .. name,
-    }
+    vim
+      .system({
+        "git",
+        "clone",
+        "--depth=1",
+        "https://github.com/" .. plugin .. ".git",
+        package_root .. "/" .. name,
+      })
+      :wait()
   end
 end
 
+install_plug "nvim-lua/plenary.nvim"
+install_plug "nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter"
+install_plug "echasnovski/mini.doc" -- used for docs generation
+install_plug "echasnovski/mini.test"
+
 vim.env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME = root ".tests/config"
 vim.env.XDG_DATA_HOME = root ".tests/data"
 vim.env.XDG_STATE_HOME = root ".tests/state"
@@ -29,11 +35,6 @@ vim.opt.runtimepath:append(root())
 vim.opt.packpath = { root ".tests/site" }
 vim.notify = print
 
-install_plug "nvim-lua/plenary.nvim"
-install_plug "nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter"
-install_plug "echasnovski/mini.doc" -- used for docs generation
-install_plug "echasnovski/mini.test"
-
 -- install go treesitter parse
 require("nvim-treesitter.install").ensure_installed_sync "go"