diff --git a/autoload/SpaceVim/layers/ui.vim b/autoload/SpaceVim/layers/ui.vim
index 73717491c..a9729d59b 100644
--- a/autoload/SpaceVim/layers/ui.vim
+++ b/autoload/SpaceVim/layers/ui.vim
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ function! SpaceVim#layers#ui#plugins() abort
         \ ['tenfyzhong/tagbar-proto.vim', {'merged': 0}],
         \ ['lvht/tagbar-markdown',{'merged' : 0}],
         \ ['t9md/vim-choosewin', {'merged' : 0}],
-        \ ['mhinz/vim-startify', {'loadconf' : 1}],
+        \ ['mhinz/vim-startify', {'loadconf' : 1, 'merged' : 0}],
         \ ['blueyed/vim-diminactive', {'merged' : 0}],
         \ ]
   if get(g:, '_spacevim_statusline_loaded', 0) == 0
diff --git a/config/plugins/vim-startify.vim b/config/plugins/vim-startify.vim
index 31a80882f..fe150895f 100644
--- a/config/plugins/vim-startify.vim
+++ b/config/plugins/vim-startify.vim
@@ -68,6 +68,6 @@ function! FileIcon(path)
 endfunction
 
 function! StartifyEntryFormat()
-  return 'FileIcon(absolute_path) ." ". entry_path'
+  return 'FileIcon(entry_path) ."  ". entry_path'
 endfunction
 " vim:set et sw=2: