diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1d1d495..58c3ed1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 nvim-pack-lock.json 
+.luarc.json
diff --git a/.luarc.json b/.luarc.json
deleted file mode 100644
index efa9a93..0000000
--- a/.luarc.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "diagnostics.globals": [
-        "vim",
-        "Snacks",
-        "MiniStatusline",
-        "MiniPick"
-    ]
-}
diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
deleted file mode 120000
index 88167d1..0000000
--- a/init.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../dotfiles/nvim/.config/nvim/init.lua
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1477173
--- /dev/null
+++ b/init.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+-- general options
+local opt = vim.opt
+vim.g.mapleader = " "
+vim.g.maplocalleader = "\\"
+opt.number = true
+opt.relativenumber = true
+
+opt.cursorline = false
+opt.termguicolors = true
+opt.winborder = "rounded"
+opt.signcolumn = "yes"
+vim.lsp.inlay_hint.enable = true
+opt.tabstop = 8
+vim.opt.expandtab = true
+vim.g.tinted_background_transparent = 1
+opt.swapfile = false
+opt.winborder = "single"
+
+opt.shiftwidth = 8
+vim.diagnostic.config({
+        virtual_text = {
+                spacing = 4,
+                source = true,
+        },
+})
+-- add plugins
+vim.pack.add({
+        "https://github.com/folke/snacks.nvim",
+        "https://github.com/nvim-lualine/lualine.nvim",
+        "https://github.com/tinted-theming/tinted-vim",
+        "https://github.com/nvimdev/lspsaga.nvim",
+        "https://github.com/neovim/nvim-lspconfig",
+        "https://github.com/nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter",
+        "https://github.com/vyfor/cord.nvim",
+        "https://github.com/mason-org/mason-lspconfig.nvim.git",
+        "https://github.com/mason-org/mason.nvim.git",
+        "https://github.com/Saghen/blink.cmp",
+        "https://github.com/saghen/blink.lib",
+})
+-- function to set colorsceme
+vim.cmd("colorscheme " .. vim.fn.system("cat /home/lucy/.local/share/tinted-theming/tinty/current_scheme"))
+-- setup superior (?) lsp
+vim.lsp.config("qml-language-server", {
+  cmd = { "qml-language-server" },
+  filetypes = { "qml" },
+  root_markers = { { "qmldir", "shell.qml" }, ".git" },
+})
+
+vim.lsp.enable("qml-language-server")
+vim.lsp.enable("clangd")
+require("blink.cmp").setup({
+        fuzzy = { implementation = "prefer_rust_with_warning" },
+        completion = {
+                menu = {
+                        auto_show = false,
+                },
+        },
+        sources = {
+                default = { "lsp", "path", "snippets", "buffer" },
+        },
+})
+require("mason").setup()
+require("mason-lspconfig").setup()
+require("snacks").setup({
+        notifier = { enabled = true },
+        statuscolumn = { enabled = true },
+        picker = {},
+})
+require("lspsaga").setup({
+        symbol_in_winbar = { enable = true },
+        lightbulb = {
+                enable = true,
+                sign = false,
+        },
+        hover = {
+                max_width = 0.6,
+                open_link = "gx",
+                open_browser = "!google-chrome",
+        },
+})
+require("cord").setup({
+        display = {
+                theme = "atom",
+        },
+        editor = { tooltip = "ur gay x3" },
+})
+require("lualine").setup({
+        options = {
+                section_separators = { left = "", right = "" },
+                component_separators = { left = "|", right = "|" },
+                globalstatus = true,
+                always_divide_middle = true,
+        },
+        sections = {
+                lualine_a = { "mode" },
+                lualine_b = { "diagnostics" },
+                lualine_c = { "filename", "filesize", },
+                lualine_x = { "lsp_status", "filetype" },
+                lualine_y = { "" },
+                lualine_z = { "location" },
+        },
+        tabline = {
+                lualine_a = { { 'buffers', mode = 2, show_modified_status = true, } },
+                lualine_b = { 'branch' },
+                lualine_c = {},
+                lualine_x = {},
+                lualine_y = {},
+                lualine_z = { 'tabs' }
+        }
+})
+
+
+-- keymaps
+local map = vim.keymap.set
+
+map("n", "<leader>ff", function()
+        Snacks.picker.files()
+end)
+map("n", "<leader>lg", function()
+        Snacks.picker.grep()
+end)
+
+map("n", "<C-h>", "<C-w>h")
+map("n", "<C-j>", "<C-w>j")
+map("n", "<C-k>", "<C-w>k")
+map("n", "<C-l>", "<C-w>l")
+map("n", "<C-S-Left>", ":vertical resize -5<CR>", { silent = true })
+map("n", "<C-S-Right>", ":vertical resize +5<CR>", { silent = true })
+map("n", "<C-S-Up>", ":resize +5<CR>", { silent = true })
+map("n", "<C-S-Down>", ":resize -5<CR>", { silent = true })
+-- lsp keybinds
+map("n", "K", "<cmd> Lspsaga hover_doc<cr>")
+map("n", "go", "<cmd> Lspsaga goto_definition<cr>")
+map("n", "gr", "<cmd> Lspsaga finder<cr>")
+map("n", "<leader>qf", "<cmd> Lspsaga code_action<cr>")
+map("n", "<C-f>", function()
+        vim.lsp.buf.format()
+end)
+-- buffer keybinds
+map("n", "<A-1>", "<cmd> LualineBuffersJump! 1 <cr>")
+map("n", "<A-2>", "<cmd> LualineBuffersJump! 2 <cr>")
+map("n", "<A-3>", "<cmd> LualineBuffersJump! 3 <cr>")
+map("n", "<A-4>", "<cmd> LualineBuffersJump! 4 <cr>")
+map("n", "<A-5>", "<cmd> LualineBuffersJump! 5 <cr>")
+map("n", "<A-6>", "<cmd> LualineBuffersJump! 6 <cr>")
+map("n", "<A-7>", "<cmd> LualineBuffersJump! 7 <cr>")
+map("n", "<A-8>", "<cmd> LualineBuffersJump! 8 <cr>")
+map("n", "<A-9>", "<cmd> LualineBuffersJump! 9 <cr>")
+map("n", "<A-0>", "<cmd> LualineBuffersJump! last <cr>")
+map("n", "<leader>w", "<cmd> bdelete! <cr>")
+
+-- util keybinds
+map("n", "<leader>t", "<cmd> terminal <cr>")
+map("n", "<A-t>", "<cmd>Lspsaga term_toggle<cr>")
+map("t", "<esc>", "<c-\\><c-n>")
+map("i", "<C-space>", vim.lsp.completion.get, { desc = "trigger autocompletion" })
+