diff --git a/oni-termux.el b/oni-termux.el
index a6d1940..ca95a80 100644
--- a/oni-termux.el
+++ b/oni-termux.el
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 ;; Author: Tom Willemse <tom@ryuslash.org>
 ;; Keywords: local
-;; Version: 2019.0920.193557
+;; Version: 2019.1006.113112
 ;; Package-Requires: (oni-alert alert-termux)
 
 ;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@
 ;;; Code:
 
 (require 'alert)
-(require 'alert-termux)
-(require 'battery)
+;;(require 'alert-termux)
 (require 'json)
 
 (defun oni-termux--battery-status ()
@@ -55,12 +54,27 @@ The following %-sequences are provided:
      (cons ?B (alist-get 'status info "N/A"))
      (cons ?t (number-to-string (alist-get 'temperature info -1))))))
 
-(setq battery-status-function #'oni-termux--battery-status)
+(defun oni-termux--load-alert-termux ()
+  "Load ‘alert-termux’.
+This can’t be done by a require because it appears that
+‘alert-termux’ gets added to the load path and loaded after this
+library, so use this function in ‘after-init-hook’ instead."
+  (load-library "alert-termux"))
+
+;; To keep the byte-compiler happy I use a `defvar' here.
+(defvar battery-status-function #'oni-termux--battery-status)
+
+;; The battery library needs to be loaded after the battery variables
+;; have been set, otherwise loading it will produce the error that
+;; access is denied to /sys/class/power_supply.
+(require 'battery)
 
 (setq battery-mode-line-format "%p%%")
 
 (setq alert-default-style 'termux)
 
+(add-hook 'after-init-hook #'oni-termux--load-alert-termux)
+
 (display-battery-mode)
 
 ;;;###autoload(require 'oni-termux)