diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 2628f02..562acb4 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -13,7 +13,26 @@
 	  (unless (package-installed-p package)
 	    (package-install package)))
       package-selected-packages)
-(require 'org)
-(org-babel-load-file
- (expand-file-name "settings.org"
-                   user-emacs-directory))
+
+(defvar org-init/settings.org-message-depth 4
+  "What depth of settings.org headers to message at startup.")
+;;; init.el
+(with-temp-buffer
+  (insert-file "~/.emacs.d/settings.org")
+  (goto-char (point-min))
+  (while (not (eobp))
+    (forward-line 1)
+    (cond
+     ;; Report Headers
+     ((looking-at
+       (format "\\*\\{2,%s\\} +.*$"
+               org-init/settings.org-message-depth))
+      (message "%s" (match-string 0)))
+     ;; Evaluate Code Blocks
+     ((looking-at "^#\\+BEGIN_SRC +emacs-lisp *$")
+      (let ((l (match-end 0)))
+        (search-forward "\n#+END_SRC")
+        (eval-region l (match-beginning 0))))
+     ;; Finish on the next level-1 header
+     ((looking-at "^\\* ")
+      (goto-char (point-max))))))