diff --git a/lib/awesome_print.rb b/lib/awesome_print.rb
index 0210810..c75166d 100644
--- a/lib/awesome_print.rb
+++ b/lib/awesome_print.rb
@@ -1,19 +1,26 @@
-# AwesomePrint might be loaded implicitly through ~/.irbrc or ~/.pryrc
-# so do nothing for subsequent requires.
-#
-unless defined?(AwesomePrint::Inspector)
-  # FIXME: not sure we need these, but..
-  require 'awesome_print/custom_defaults'
+require 'awesome_print/formatters'
+require 'awesome_print/inspector'
+require 'awesome_print/formatter'
+require 'awesome_print/version'
 
-  %w(active_support awesome_method_array string object class kernel).each do |file|
-    require "awesome_print/core_ext/#{file}"
+module AwesomePrint
+  class << self
+    attr_accessor :defaults, :force_colors
+
+    # Class accessor to force colorized output (ex. forked subprocess where TERM
+    # might be dumb).
+    #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    def force_colors!(value = true)
+      @force_colors = value
+    end
   end
-
-  require 'awesome_print/inspector'
-  require 'awesome_print/formatter'
-
-  Dir["./lib/awesome_print/formatters/**/*.rb"].each { |f| require f }
-
-  require 'awesome_print/version'
-  require 'awesome_print/core_ext/logger' if defined?(Logger)
 end
+
+# CORE EXTENSIONS... now that ap is loaded, inject awesome behavior into ruby
+%w(awesome_method_array string object class kernel logger active_support).each do |file|
+  require "awesome_print/core_ext/#{file}"
+end
+
+# FIXME: not sure we need these, but..
+require 'awesome_print/custom_defaults'
+
diff --git a/lib/awesome_print/core_ext/logger.rb b/lib/awesome_print/core_ext/logger.rb
index 05809a1..5cfd7c8 100644
--- a/lib/awesome_print/core_ext/logger.rb
+++ b/lib/awesome_print/core_ext/logger.rb
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ module AwesomePrint
   end
 end
 
-Logger.send(:include, AwesomePrint::Logger)
+Logger.send(:include, AwesomePrint::Logger) if defined?(Logger)
 ActiveSupport::BufferedLogger.send(:include, AwesomePrint::Logger) if defined?(ActiveSupport::BufferedLogger)
diff --git a/lib/awesome_print/custom_defaults.rb b/lib/awesome_print/custom_defaults.rb
index aec402a..7a2193c 100644
--- a/lib/awesome_print/custom_defaults.rb
+++ b/lib/awesome_print/custom_defaults.rb
@@ -1,13 +1,5 @@
 module AwesomePrint
   class << self
-    attr_accessor :defaults, :force_colors
-
-    # Class accessor to force colorized output (ex. forked subprocess where TERM
-    # might be dumb).
-    #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    def force_colors!(value = true)
-      @force_colors = value
-    end
 
     def console?
       boolean(defined?(IRB) || defined?(Pry))
diff --git a/lib/awesome_print/formatters.rb b/lib/awesome_print/formatters.rb
index e549958..84484e1 100644
--- a/lib/awesome_print/formatters.rb
+++ b/lib/awesome_print/formatters.rb
@@ -1,15 +1,6 @@
 module AwesomePrint
   module Formatters
-    require 'awesome_print/formatters/object_formatter'
-    require 'awesome_print/formatters/struct_formatter'
-    require 'awesome_print/formatters/hash_formatter'
-    require 'awesome_print/formatters/array_formatter'
-    require 'awesome_print/formatters/simple_formatter'
-    require 'awesome_print/formatters/method_formatter'
-    require 'awesome_print/formatters/class_formatter'
-    require 'awesome_print/formatters/dir_formatter'
-    require 'awesome_print/formatters/file_formatter'
-    require 'awesome_print/colorize'
+    Dir[File.join(__dir__, 'formatters', '**', '*.rb')].each { |f| require f }
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/lib/awesome_print/registrar.rb b/lib/awesome_print/registrar.rb
index a63475e..0edbb65 100644
--- a/lib/awesome_print/registrar.rb
+++ b/lib/awesome_print/registrar.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+require_relative 'formatter'
+
 module AwesomePrint
   module Registrar
 
diff --git a/lib/awesome_print/version.rb b/lib/awesome_print/version.rb
index 13b6b49..7ce974b 100644
--- a/lib/awesome_print/version.rb
+++ b/lib/awesome_print/version.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ module AwesomePrint
   end
 
   def self.version
-    '2.0.0.pre'
+    '2.0.0.pre2'
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/core_ext/logger_spec.rb b/spec/core_ext/logger_spec.rb
index ed2d756..55fc1c9 100644
--- a/spec/core_ext/logger_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/core_ext/logger_spec.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 
-
-require 'logger'
-require 'awesome_print/core_ext/logger'
-
 RSpec.describe 'AwesomePrint logging extensions' do
   before(:all) do
     @logger = Logger.new('/dev/null') rescue Logger.new('nul')
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index cd83c53..33a41a0 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ ExtVerifier.require_dependencies!(
     mongoid
   )
 )
+
+require 'logger'
 require 'nokogiri'
 require 'awesome_print'