diff --git a/home/private_dot_config/lvim/config.lua b/home/private_dot_config/lvim/config.lua
index 9a57c53..4b617f7 100644
--- a/home/private_dot_config/lvim/config.lua
+++ b/home/private_dot_config/lvim/config.lua
@@ -1,47 +1,5 @@
-require("plugins")
-require("keybindings")
-
--- general
-lvim.log.level = "warn"
-lvim.format_on_save = false
-
--- After changing plugin config exit and reopen LunarVim, Run :PackerInstall :PackerCompile
-lvim.builtin.notify.active = true
-lvim.builtin.terminal.active = true
-lvim.builtin.nvimtree.setup.view.side = "left"
-lvim.builtin.nvimtree.show_icons.git = 0
-
--- if you don't want all the parsers change this to a table of the ones you want
-lvim.builtin.treesitter.ensure_installed = {
-  "bash",
-  "haskell",
-  "javascript",
-  "json",
-  "lua",
-  "python",
-  -- "typescript",
-  "css",
-  -- "rust",
-  "yaml",
-  "go"
-}
-
-lvim.builtin.treesitter.highlight.enabled = true
-
--- colorscheme
-lvim.builtin.lualine.options.theme = "catppuccin"
-lvim.colorscheme = "catppuccin"
-
--- settings
-local opt = vim.opt
-opt.timeoutlen = 200
-opt.cmdheight = 1
-
-lvim.autocommands.custom_groups = {
-  -- On entering insert mode in any file, scroll the window so the cursor line is centered
-  {"InsertEnter", "*", ":normal zz"},
-  -- Auto disbale spell checking on buffer open
-  {"BufNewFile,BufReadPost,FilterReadPost,FileReadPost","*",":set nospell"},
-}
-
+require('settings')
+require('plugins')
+require('keybindings')
+require('autocommands')
 
diff --git a/home/private_dot_config/lvim/ftplugin/alpha.lua b/home/private_dot_config/lvim/ftplugin/alpha.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index 45190f7..0000000
--- a/home/private_dot_config/lvim/ftplugin/alpha.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-local wk = require("which-key")
--- local opts = lvim.builtin.which_key.opts
-
-
-local opts = {
-  mode = "n", -- NORMAL mode
-  prefix = "<leader>",
-  buffer = 0, -- Global mappings. Specify a buffer number for buffer local mappings
-  silent = true, -- use `silent` when creating keymaps
-  noremap = true, -- use `noremap` when creating keymaps
-  nowait = false, -- use `nowait` when creating keymaps
-}
-
-local mappings = {
-  C = "Edit Configuration"
-}
-
-wk.register(mappings,opts)
-
diff --git a/home/private_dot_config/lvim/ftplugin/markdown.lua b/home/private_dot_config/lvim/ftplugin/markdown.lua
index e99e38f..c6d39a4 100644
--- a/home/private_dot_config/lvim/ftplugin/markdown.lua
+++ b/home/private_dot_config/lvim/ftplugin/markdown.lua
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
+
+local _, util = pcall(require, "zk.util")
+
 -- Add the key mappings only for Markdown files in a zk notebook.
-if require("zk.util").notebook_root(vim.fn.expand('%:p')) ~= nil then
+if util.notebook_root(vim.fn.expand('%:p')) ~= nil then
   local function map(...) vim.api.nvim_buf_set_keymap(0, ...) end
   local opts = { noremap=true, silent=false }
   -- Open the link under the caret.
diff --git a/home/private_dot_config/lvim/lua/autocommands.lua b/home/private_dot_config/lvim/lua/autocommands.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f2445f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/private_dot_config/lvim/lua/autocommands.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+-- Is this necessary?
+vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("FileType", {
+  pattern = "zsh",
+  callback = function()
+    -- let treesitter use bash highlight for zsh files as well
+    require("nvim-treesitter.highlight").attach(0, "bash")
+  end,
+})
diff --git a/home/private_dot_config/lvim/lua/commands.lua b/home/private_dot_config/lvim/lua/commands.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0db091
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/private_dot_config/lvim/lua/commands.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+-- local _, zk = pcall(require, "zk")
+-- local _, commands = pcall(require, "zk.commands")
+
+-- TODO: figure out what's wrong with these ....
+-- local function dump(o)
+--   if type(o) == 'table' then
+--     local s = '{ '
+--     for k, v in pairs(o) do
+--       if type(k) ~= 'number' then k = '"' .. k .. '"' end
+--       s = s .. '[' .. k .. '] = ' .. dump(v) .. ','
+--     end
+--     return s .. '} '
+--   else
+--     return tostring(o)
+--   end
+-- end
+
+-- commands.add("ZkLinkTo", function(options)
+--   zk.pick_notes(options, { title = "ZkLinkTo" }, function(notes)
+--     local note = notes[1]
+--     local title = ''
+--     print(dump(note))
+--     if note.title then
+--       title = note.title
+--     else
+--       title = "Untitled"
+--     end
+--     local link = "[" .. title .. "](" .. note.absPath .. ")"
+--     print(link)
+--     -- notes = { notes }
+--     for i, note in ipairs(notes) do
+--       print(i)
+--       print(note.title)
+--       if note.title then
+--         print("[" .. note.title .. "](" .. note.absPath .. ")")
+--         link = "[" .. note.title .. "](" .. note.absPath .. ")"
+--       else
+--         print('no title brah')
+--         link = 'other lin'
+--         print(link)
+--       end
+--       print(link)
+--       print(note.absPath)
+--       --   -- vim.cmd("e " .. note.absPath)
+--     end
+--   end)
+-- end)
+
+-- commands.add("ZkListLin", function(options)
+--   zk.pick_notes(options, { title = "ZkLinkTo" }, function(notes)
+--     local note = notes[1]
+--     local title = ''
+--     print(dump(note))
+--     if note.title then
+--       title = note.title
+--     else
+--       title = "Untitled"
+--     end
+--     local link = "[" .. title .. "](" .. note.absPath .. ")"
+--     print(link)
+--     -- notes = { notes }
+--     for i, note in ipairs(notes) do
+--       print(i)
+--       print(note.title)
+--       if note.title then
+--         print("[" .. note.title .. "](" .. note.absPath .. ")")
+--         link = "[" .. note.title .. "](" .. note.absPath .. ")"
+--       else
+--         print('no title brah')
+--         link = 'other lin'
+--         print(link)
+--       end
+--       print(link)
+--       print(note.absPath)
+--       --   -- vim.cmd("e " .. note.absPath)
+--     end
+--   end)
+-- end)
diff --git a/home/private_dot_config/lvim/lua/config/alpha.lua b/home/private_dot_config/lvim/lua/config/alpha.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index e3ee136..0000000
--- a/home/private_dot_config/lvim/lua/config/alpha.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
--- ref: https://github.com/dtr2300/nvim/blob/main/lua/config/plugins/alpha.lua
-local alpha = require("alpha")
-local dashboard = require("alpha.themes.dashboard")
-math.randomseed(os.time())
-
-local function button(sc, txt, keybind, keybind_opts)
-  local b = dashboard.button(sc, txt, keybind, keybind_opts)
-  b.opts.hl = "Function"
-  b.opts.hl_shortcut = "Type"
-  return b
-end
-
-local function pick_color()
-  local colors = { "String", "Identifier", "Keyword", "Number", "Constant" }
-  return colors[math.random(#colors)]
-end
-
-local function footer()
-  local plugins = #vim.tbl_keys(packer_plugins)
-  local v = vim.version()
-  local datetime = os.date " %d-%m-%Y   %H:%M:%S"
-  return string.format(" %s   v%s.%s.%s  %s", plugins, v.major, v.minor, v.patch, datetime)
-end
-
-dashboard.section.header.val = {
-  [[        _______________________________________        ]],
-  [[       |,---"-----------------------------"---,|       ]],
-  [[       ||___    16 bit....................    ||       ]],
-  [[       ||====\ :HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH   ||       ]],
-  [[       ||=====):H c> lvim                 H   ||       ]],
-  [[       ||====/ :H ╦  ╦ ╦╔╗╔╔═╗╦═╗╦  ╦╦╔╦╗ H   ||       ]],
-  [[       ||      :H ║  ║ ║║║║╠═╣╠╦╝╚╗╔╝║║║║ H   ||       ]],
-  [[       ||PORTFO:H ╩═╝╚═╝╝╚╝╩ ╩╩╚═ ╚╝ ╩╩ ╩ H   ||       ]],
-  [[       ||      :HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH   ||       ]],
-  [[       ||_____,_________________________,_____||       ]],
-  [[       |)_____)-----.| /I\ATARI |.------(_____(|       ]],
-  [[     //"""""""|_____|=----------=|______|"""""""\      ]],
-  [[    // _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| \     ]],
-  [[   // ___| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _|  |  | \    ]],
-  [[  |/ ___| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| ______| \   ]],
-  [[  / __| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| ___| \  ]],
-  [[ / _| _| _| _| ________________________| _| _| _| _| \ ]],
-  [[|------"--------------------------------------"-------|]],
-  [[`-----------------------------------------------------']],
-}
-
-dashboard.section.header.opts.hl = pick_color()
-
-dashboard.section.buttons.val = {
-  button( "n", "  New file" , ":ene <BAR> startinsert <CR>"),
-  button( "SPC f","  Find File", "<Cmd>Telescope find_files<CR>"),
-  button( "SPC s p","  Recent Projects", "<Cmd>Telescope projects<CR>" ),
-  button( "SPC s r","  Recently Used Files", "<Cmd>Telescope oldfiles<CR>"),
-  button( "SPC s w", "  Find Word","<Cmd>Telescope live_grep<CR>"),
-  button( "SPC C","  Configuration",":e ~/.config/lvim/config.lua<CR>" ),
-  button( "q", "  Quit NVIM" , ":qa<CR>"),
-}
-
-dashboard.section.footer.val = footer()
-dashboard.section.footer.opts.hl = dashboard.section.header.opts.hl
-
-
--- hide tabline and statusline on startup
-vim.cmd [[
-augroup alpha_tabline
-  au!
-  au FileType alpha set showtabline=0 laststatus=0 noruler | au BufUnload <buffer> set showtabline=2 ruler laststatus=2
-augroup END
-]]
-
-
-alpha.setup(dashboard.opts)
-
diff --git a/home/private_dot_config/lvim/lua/keybindings.lua b/home/private_dot_config/lvim/lua/keybindings.lua
index 7b5edda..9a8be7a 100644
--- a/home/private_dot_config/lvim/lua/keybindings.lua
+++ b/home/private_dot_config/lvim/lua/keybindings.lua
@@ -1,25 +1,21 @@
 -- Map a key with optional options
 local function map(mode, keys, action, options)
   if options == nil then
-    options = {noremap=true}
+    options = { noremap = true }
   end
-  vim.api.nvim_set_keymap(mode,keys,action,options)
+  vim.api.nvim_set_keymap(mode, keys, action, options)
 end
 
 vim.g.mapleader = " "
 
-map('i','jk','<Esc>',{noremap=true})
-map('v','jk','<Esc>',{noremap=true})
-
-map('n', "H", "^",{noremap=true})
-map('n', "L", "$",{noremap=true})
-
-map('n','j',"v:count ? 'j' : 'gj'",{expr=true,noremap=true})
-map('n','k',"v:count ? 'k' : 'gk'",{expr=true,noremap=true})
+map('i', 'jk', '<Esc>', { noremap = true })
+map('v', 'jk', '<Esc>', { noremap = true })
+map('n', "H", "^", { noremap = true })
+map('n', "L", "$", { noremap = true })
+map('n', 'j', "v:count ? 'j' : 'gj'", { expr = true, noremap = true })
+map('n', 'k', "v:count ? 'k' : 'gk'", { expr = true, noremap = true })
 
 -- zettelkasten keybindings
-
-
 -- Create a new note after asking for its title.
 -- map("n", "<leader>zn", "<Cmd>ZkNew { title = vim.fn.input('Title: ') }<CR>")
 
@@ -31,23 +27,37 @@ map('n','k',"v:count ? 'k' : 'gk'",{expr=true,noremap=true})
 -- -- Search for the notes matching a given query.
 -- map("n", "<leader>zf", "<Cmd>ZkNotes { sort = { 'modified' }, match = vim.fn.input('Search: ') }<CR>")
 -- -- Search for the notes matching the current visual selection.
+
 map("v", "<leader>zf", ":'<,'>ZkMatch<CR>")
 
 local mappings = lvim.builtin.which_key.mappings
 
 mappings["z"] = {
-    name = "zk",
-    n = { "<Cmd>ZkNew { title = vim.fn.input('Title: ') }<CR>", "New"},
-    o = { "<Cmd>ZkNotes { sort = { 'modified' } }<CR>", "Open" },
-    t = { "<Cmd>ZkTags<CR>", "Tags"},
-    f = { "<Cmd>ZkNotes { sort = { 'modified' }, match = vim.fn.input('Search: ') }<CR>", "Fuzzy Search" },
+  name = "zk",
+  n = { "<Cmd>ZkNew { title = vim.fn.input('Title: ') }<CR>", "New" },
+  o = { "<Cmd>ZkNotes { sort = { 'modified' } }<CR>", "Open" },
+  t = { "<Cmd>ZkTags<CR>", "Tags" },
+  f = { "<Cmd>ZkNotes { sort = { 'modified' }, match = vim.fn.input('Search: ') }<CR>", "Fuzzy Search" },
 }
-mappings["s"]["p"] = {"<cmd>Telescope projects<CR>","Recent Projects"}
-mappings["s"]["w"] = {"<cmd>Telescope live_grep<CR>","Find Word"}
-mappings[';'] = { "<cmd>Alpha<CR>", "Dashboard"}
+mappings["s"]["p"] = { "<cmd>Telescope projects<CR>", "Recent Projects" }
+mappings["s"]["w"] = { "<cmd>Telescope live_grep<CR>", "Find Word" }
+-- mappings[';'] = { "<cmd>Alpha<CR>", "Dashboard" }
 
 
--- keymappings [view all the defaults by pressing <leader>Lk]
--- lvim.leader = "space"
--- add your own keymapping
-lvim.keys.normal_mode["<C-s>"] = ":w<cr>"
+-- Change Telescope navigation to use j and k for navigation and n and p for history in both input and normal mode.
+-- we use protected-mode (pcall) just in case the plugin wasn't loaded yet.
+local _, actions = pcall(require, "telescope.actions")
+lvim.builtin.telescope.defaults.mappings = {
+  -- for input mode
+  i = {
+    ["<C-j>"] = actions.move_selection_next,
+    ["<C-k>"] = actions.move_selection_previous,
+    ["<C-n>"] = actions.cycle_history_next,
+    ["<C-p>"] = actions.cycle_history_prev,
+  },
+  -- for normal mode
+  n = {
+    ["<C-j>"] = actions.move_selection_next,
+    ["<C-k>"] = actions.move_selection_previous,
+  },
+}
diff --git a/home/private_dot_config/lvim/lua/plugins.lua b/home/private_dot_config/lvim/lua/plugins.lua
index 426fd7b..fbb7173 100644
--- a/home/private_dot_config/lvim/lua/plugins.lua
+++ b/home/private_dot_config/lvim/lua/plugins.lua
@@ -2,79 +2,78 @@ local p = function(name) return string.format("require'config.%s'", name) end
 
 -- extra plugins
 lvim.plugins = {
-    { 'chrisbra/Colorizer' },
-    {
-      'catppuccin/nvim',
-	      as = 'catppuccin'
-    },
-    { 'NoahTheDuke/vim-just' },
-    { 'Mofiqul/dracula.nvim' },
-    { 'ggandor/lightspeed.nvim' },
-    { 'elkowar/yuck.vim' },
-    { 'goolord/alpha-nvim',
-      config = p"alpha"
-    },
-    {
-      'mickael-menu/zk-nvim',
-        config = function ()
-        require("zk").setup({
-          -- can be "telescope", "fzf" or "select" (`vim.ui.select`)
-          -- it's recommended to use "telescope" or "fzf"
-          picker = "telescope",
-          lsp = {
-            -- `config` is passed to `vim.lsp.start_client(config)`
-            config = {
-              cmd = { "zk", "lsp" },
-              name = "zk",
-              -- on_attach = ...
-              -- etc, see `:h vim.lsp.start_client()`
-            },
-
-            -- automatically attach buffers in a zk notebook that match the given filetypes
-            auto_attach = {
-              enabled = true,
-              filetypes = { "markdown" },
-            },
+  { 'chrisbra/Colorizer' },
+  {
+    'catppuccin/nvim',
+    as = 'catppuccin'
+  },
+  -- { 'axelf4/vim-strip-trailing-whitespace' },
+  { 'NoahTheDuke/vim-just' },
+  { 'ggandor/lightspeed.nvim' },
+  { 'elkowar/yuck.vim' },
+  {
+    'mickael-menu/zk-nvim',
+    config = function()
+      require("zk").setup({
+        -- can be "telescope", "fzf" or "select" (`vim.ui.select`)
+        -- it's recommended to use "telescope" or "fzf"
+        picker = "telescope",
+        lsp = {
+          -- `config` is passed to `vim.lsp.start_client(config)`
+          config = {
+            cmd = { "zk", "lsp" },
+            name = "zk",
+            -- on_attach = ...
+            -- etc, see `:h vim.lsp.start_client()`
           },
-        })
-      end,
-    }
+
+          -- automatically attach buffers in a zk notebook that match the given filetypes
+          auto_attach = {
+            enabled = true,
+            filetypes = { "markdown" },
+          },
+        },
+      })
+    end,
+  },
 }
 
 -- default plugins settings
+-- lvim.builtin.nvimtree.setup.git.ignore = false
 
--- make telescope respect that hidden files exist
--- lvim.builtin.telescope.pickers = { find_files = { hidden = true }}
-lvim.builtin.nvimtree.setup.git.ignore = false
+lvim.builtin.notify.active = true
+lvim.builtin.terminal.active = true
+
+
+lvim.builtin.alpha.dashboard.section.header.val = {
+  [[        _______________________________________        ]],
+  [[       |,---"-----------------------------"---,|       ]],
+  [[       ||___    16 bit....................    ||       ]],
+  [[       ||====\ :HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH   ||       ]],
+  [[       ||=====):H c> lvim                 H   ||       ]],
+  [[       ||====/ :H ╦  ╦ ╦╔╗╔╔═╗╦═╗╦  ╦╦╔╦╗ H   ||       ]],
+  [[       ||      :H ║  ║ ║║║║╠═╣╠╦╝╚╗╔╝║║║║ H   ||       ]],
+  [[       ||PORTFO:H ╩═╝╚═╝╝╚╝╩ ╩╩╚═ ╚╝ ╩╩ ╩ H   ||       ]],
+  [[       ||      :HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH   ||       ]],
+  [[       ||_____,_________________________,_____||       ]],
+  [[       |)_____)-----.| /I\ATARI |.------(_____(|       ]],
+  [[     //"""""""|_____|=----------=|______|"""""""\      ]],
+  [[    // _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| \     ]],
+  [[   // ___| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _|  |  | \    ]],
+  [[  |/ ___| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| ______| \   ]],
+  [[  / __| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| ___| \  ]],
+  [[ / _| _| _| _| ________________________| _| _| _| _| \ ]],
+  [[|------"--------------------------------------"-------|]],
+  [[`-----------------------------------------------------']],
+}
 
-lvim.builtin.dashboard.custom_header = {
-[[        _______________________________________        ]],
-[[       |,---"-----------------------------"---,|       ]],
-[[       ||___    16 bit....................    ||       ]],
-[[       ||====\ :HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH   ||       ]],
-[[       ||=====):H c> lvim                 H   ||       ]],
-[[       ||====/ :H ╦  ╦ ╦╔╗╔╔═╗╦═╗╦  ╦╦╔╦╗ H   ||       ]],
-[[       ||      :H ║  ║ ║║║║╠═╣╠╦╝╚╗╔╝║║║║ H   ||       ]],
-[[       ||PORTFO:H ╩═╝╚═╝╝╚╝╩ ╩╩╚═ ╚╝ ╩╩ ╩ H   ||       ]],
-[[       ||      :HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH   ||       ]],
-[[       ||_____,_________________________,_____||       ]],
-[[       |)_____)-----.| /I\ATARI |.------(_____(|       ]],
-[[     //"""""""|_____|=----------=|______|"""""""\      ]],
-[[    // _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| \     ]],
-[[   // ___| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _|  |  | \    ]],
-[[  |/ ___| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| ______| \   ]],
-[[  / __| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| _| ___| \  ]],
-[[ / _| _| _| _| ________________________| _| _| _| _| \ ]],
-[[|------"--------------------------------------"-------|]],
-[[`-----------------------------------------------------']],
-  }
 
 -- simpler header
 --[[
 ╦  ╦ ╦╔╗╔╔═╗╦═╗╦  ╦╦╔╦╗
 ║  ║ ║║║║╠═╣╠╦╝╚╗╔╝║║║║
 ╩═╝╚═╝╝╚╝╩ ╩╩╚═ ╚╝ ╩╩ ╩
-]]--
+]] --
 
 --[[
         _______________________________________
diff --git a/home/private_dot_config/lvim/lua/settings.lua b/home/private_dot_config/lvim/lua/settings.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ca2f9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/private_dot_config/lvim/lua/settings.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+-- settings
+local opt = vim.opt
+opt.timeoutlen = 200
+opt.cmdheight = 0
+
+-- lvim specific settings
+-- general
+lvim.log.level = "warn"
+lvim.format_on_save = false
+lvim.colorscheme = "catppuccin"
+
+-- if you don't want all the parsers change this to a table of the ones you want
+lvim.builtin.treesitter.ensure_installed = {
+  "bash",
+  "javascript",
+  "json",
+  "lua",
+  "python",
+  "typescript",
+  "tsx",
+  "css",
+  "rust",
+  "yaml",
+  "toml"
+}
+
+lvim.builtin.treesitter.highlight.enabled = true