Neo-tree hijack window does not respect position settings

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I am trying to use neo-tree for my file manager plugin, installing with Lazy. However, when I try and open neovim to a directory using “nvim .”, it hijacks netrw. which is right, but appears on the left, which I don’t want because that breaks my flow. I have C-e mapped to opening neo-tree on the right, and pressing C-e C-e to close it then open another respects my settings and opens it on the right. Nothing short of an incredibly slow autocmd to close that automatically opened neotree buffer and open a new one to respect my settings has worked. Attached is the relevant parts of my config for reference:

return function()
require(“neo-tree”).setup({
close_floats_on_escape_key = true,
bind_to_cwd = false,
follow_current_file = true,
close_if_last_window = false,

    source_selector = {
        winbar = true,
        statusline = false
    },

    filesystem = {
        window = {
            position = "float",
            float = {
                width = "100%",
                height = "100%"
            },
            mappings = {
                ['n'] = "add"
            }
        },
    },

    default_component_configs = {
        icon = {
            folder_closed = "",
            folder_open = "",
            folder_empty = "",
            default = ""
        }
    },

    event_handlers = {
        event = 'file_opened',
        handler = function(arg)
            require 'neo-tree'.close()
        end,
        id = 'auto-close-neo-tree'
    },
})

end

Has anyone else experienced this? Am I just missing something?
Also as a side thing, I’d like them also to close when I select a file to open with enter, so that I don’t have to waste a C-e keystroke to remove them, does anyone know how to help?