diff --git a/core/continuations/continuations.factor b/core/continuations/continuations.factor
index 56ac4a71e9..d46b73f83d 100644
--- a/core/continuations/continuations.factor
+++ b/core/continuations/continuations.factor
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
 USING: arrays vectors kernel kernel.private sequences
 namespaces make math splitting sorting quotations assocs
-combinators combinators.private accessors words ;
+combinators combinators.private accessors words init ;
 IN: continuations
 
 SYMBOL: error
@@ -200,3 +200,5 @@ M: condition compute-restarts
     "kernel-error" 6 setenv ;
 
 PRIVATE>
+
+[ init-catchstack init-error-handler ] "continuations" add-init-hook
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/init/init.factor b/core/init/init.factor
index 5d8e88b85f..70464a4ba4 100644
--- a/core/init/init.factor
+++ b/core/init/init.factor
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ! Copyright (C) 2004, 2009 Slava Pestov.
 ! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
-USING: continuations continuations.private kernel
-kernel.private sequences assocs namespaces namespaces.private ;
+USING: kernel kernel.private sequences assocs namespaces namespaces.private ;
 IN: init
 
 SYMBOL: init-hooks
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ init-hooks global [ drop V{ } clone ] cache drop
     dup init-hooks get at [ over call( -- ) ] unless
     init-hooks get set-at ;
 
-: boot ( -- ) init-namespaces init-catchstack init-error-handler ;
+: boot ( -- ) init-namespaces ;
 
 : boot-quot ( -- quot ) 20 getenv ;