diff --git a/tycho/create_home.sh b/tycho/create_home.sh
index 8bcc1c1..78cd5a8 100755
--- a/tycho/create_home.sh
+++ b/tycho/create_home.sh
@@ -121,3 +121,11 @@ curl -fLo ~/.vim/autoload/plug.vim --create-dirs https://raw.githubusercontent.c
 ln -s $PWD/.vimrc ~/.vimrc
 vim -c "PlugInstall"
 
+
+printf "\033[33m[info] Setting up vim\033[39m"
+sh -c 'curl -fLo "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}"/nvim/site/autoload/plug.vim --create-dirs \
+       https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim'
+ln -s $PWD/nvim ~/.config/nvim
+nvim -c "PlugInstall"
+
+
diff --git a/tycho/nvim/init.vim b/tycho/nvim/init.vim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b53879
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tycho/nvim/init.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+" this is enabled by default in nvim
+" filetype plugin indent on
+" syntax on
+
+" enable autocompletion of ale
+let g:ale_completion_enabled = 1
+" disable latex linting from ale as i've got my own plugin for that
+let g:ale_linters = {'rust': ['analyzer'], 'tex': []}
+let g:ale_fixers = {'c': ['clang-format']}
+
+
+" Initialize plugin system
+call plug#begin(stdpath('data') . '/plugged')
+
+" Make sure you use single quotes
+
+" Shorthand notation; fetches https://github.com/morhetz/gruvbox
+" Plug 'morhetz/gruvbox'
+Plug 'drewtempelmeyer/palenight.vim'
+
+" Any valid git URL is allowed
+Plug 'https://github.com/scrooloose/nerdcommenter.git'
+
+" On-demand loading for languages
+Plug 'rust-lang/rust.vim', { 'for': 'rust' }
+Plug 'cespare/vim-toml', { 'for': 'toml' }
+Plug 'keith/swift.vim', { 'for': 'swift' }
+" Plug 'neovimhaskell/haskell-vim', { 'for': 'haskell' }
+
+Plug 'vim-syntastic/syntastic'
+Plug 'vim-airline/vim-airline'
+Plug 'tpope/vim-fugitive'
+Plug 'airblade/vim-gitgutter'
+Plug 'justinmk/vim-sneak'
+Plug 'lervag/vimtex'
+Plug 'editorconfig/editorconfig-vim'
+Plug 'LnL7/vim-nix'
+Plug 'xevz/vim-squirrel'
+Plug 'preservim/nerdtree'
+
+" Plugin outside ~/.vim/plugged with post-update hook
+Plug 'junegunn/fzf', { 'do': { -> fzf#install() } }
+Plug 'junegunn/fzf.vim'
+
+" ale language server client
+Plug 'dense-analysis/ale'
+
+" Initialize plugin system
+call plug#end()
+
+" open fzf files in new tab instead of new buffer
+"command! -bang -nargs=? -complete=dir Files
+    "\ call fzf#vim#files(<q-args>, {'sink': 'tabedit', 'options': ['--info=inline', '--preview', '~/.vim/plugged/fzf.vim/bin/preview.sh {}']}, <bang>0)
+
+set laststatus=2
+let g:airline#extensions#tabline#enabled = 1
+"let g:airline_powerline_fonts = 1
+
+" window switching by #
+let g:airline_section_c = '[%{winnr()}] %t'
+nnoremap <space>1 1<C-w>w
+nnoremap <space>2 2<C-w>w
+nnoremap <space>3 3<C-w>w
+nnoremap <space>4 4<C-w>w
+nnoremap <space>5 5<C-w>w
+nnoremap <space>6 6<C-w>w
+nnoremap <space>7 7<C-w>w
+nnoremap <space>8 8<C-w>w
+nnoremap <space>9 9<C-w>w
+nnoremap <space>0 10<C-w>w
+
+" possible setting as alternative for easymotion
+" let g:sneak#label = 1
+
+set backspace=indent,eol,start
+
+" map the leader key to ,
+let mapleader=","
+
+" set filetypes
+au BufRead,BufNewFile *.ohuac       setfiletype rust
+au BufRead,BufNewFile *.ohuao       setfiletype json
+
+" Cycling through windows and tabs -- made by Pius :D
+" nnoremap j <C-W><C-J>
+" nnoremap k <C-W><C-K>
+" nnoremap l <C-W><C-L>
+" nnoremap h <C-W><C-H>
+" nnoremap <C-J> <C-W><C-J><C-W>_
+" nnoremap <C-K> <C-W><C-K><C-W>_
+" nnoremap <C-L> <C-W><C-L><C-W>\|
+" nnoremap <C-H> <C-W><C-H><C-W>\|
+map <leader>h :tabp<Enter>
+map <leader>l :tabn<Enter>
+map <C-H> :bprevious<Enter>
+map <C-L> :bnext<Enter>
+map <leader>f :Files<Enter>
+map <leader>bl :Buffers<Enter>
+
+" fix auto-completion
+set wildmenu        " show a completion menu
+set wildignorecase
+set wildignore=*.o,*~,*.pyc,*.aux,*.bbl,*.blg,*-blx.bib,*.log,*.out,*.run.xml,
+    \*.toc,*.nav,*.snm  " ignore auxiliary files
+" set completeopt-=preview
+
+" automatically reload files changed on disk but not in buffer
+set autoread
+" hide buffers on switch
+set hidden
+
+" tex configuration
+let g:tex_flavor='latex'
+" Optics
+colorscheme palenight "gruvbox
+set background=dark    " Setting dark mode
+
+set number
+set relativenumber
+set tabstop=4
+set shiftwidth=4
+set expandtab
+
+" keep 5 lines of context above/below the cursor (if possible)
+set scrolloff=5
+
+" Search
+set hlsearch                        " Highlight all search results
+set smartcase                       " Enable smart-case search
+set ignorecase                      " Always case-insensitive
+set incsearch                       " Searches for strings incrementally