diff --git a/lua/custom/plugins/configs/lsp.lua b/lua/custom/plugins/configs/lsp.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8efd086
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/custom/plugins/configs/lsp.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+local lspconfig = require "lspconfig"
+local lspsettings = require "custom.plugins.configs.lspsettings"
+
+-- these are using the defaults
+local servers = {
+  "html",
+  "cssls",
+  "tsserver",
+  "clangd",
+  "bashls",
+  "cmake",
+  "yamlls",
+  "texlab",
+  "csharp_ls",
+}
+
+for _, lsp in ipairs(servers) do
+  lspconfig[lsp].setup()
+end
+
+local server_with_settings = {
+  -- "textlsp",
+  "ltex",
+  "rust_analyzer",
+  "basedpyright",
+}
+
+for _, lsp in ipairs(server_with_settings) do
+  lspconfig[lsp].setup(lspsettings[lsp])
+end
+
diff --git a/lua/custom/plugins/configs/lspsettings.lua b/lua/custom/plugins/configs/lspsettings.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..67f82ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/custom/plugins/configs/lspsettings.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+local M = {}
+
+M.basedpyright = {
+  root_dir = vim.loop.cwd,
+  flags = { debounce_text_changes = 300 },
+  single_file_support = true,
+  settings = {
+    python = {
+      analysis = {
+        autoSearchPaths = true,
+        diagnosticMode = "openFilesOnly",
+        useLibraryCodeForTypes = true,
+        typeCheckingMode = "basic",
+      },
+    },
+  },
+}
+M.rust_analyzer = {
+  settings = {
+    ["rust-analyzer"] = {
+      check = {
+        command = "clippy",
+      },
+      imports = {
+        granularity = {
+          group = "module",
+        },
+        prefix = "self",
+      },
+      cargo = {
+        buildScripts = {
+          enable = true,
+        },
+      },
+      procMacro = {
+        enable = true,
+      },
+    },
+  },
+}
+
+M.ltex = {
+  use_spellfile = false,
+  settings = {
+    ltex = {
+      checkFrequency = "save", -- shut up while i'm just editing, see <https://github.com/folke/noice.nvim/issues/166>
+      -- specific language (such as en-GB or de-DE is recommended, but I
+      -- want multilingual)
+      language = "auto",
+      enabled = {
+        "bibtex",
+        "tex",
+        "latex",
+        "gitcommit",
+        "markdown",
+        "org",
+        "restructuredtext",
+        "rsweave",
+        "quarto",
+        "rmd",
+        "context",
+        -- "html",
+        -- "xhtml",
+      },
+      additionalRules = {
+        enablePickyRules = true,
+        -- thats cool, but often adds diagnostics in
+        -- places where a german might confuse words that are similar
+        -- between english and german REGARDLESS of context. I seem to use the
+        -- english words only in the proper contexts, so leaving this on
+        -- just adds annoying hints like 'Hinweis: "list/NN.*" (English) bedeutet "Liste",
+        -- "Verzeichnis" (German). Meinten Sie vielleicht 'cunning', 'trick'?'
+        -- everytime I use the word "list". I liked that this makes the hints be
+        -- in german regardless of the language I'm working in through...
+        --motherTongue = "de",
+      },
+      -- load token and additional languagetool items later
+    },
+  },
+}
+
+M.textlsp = {
+  filetypes = {
+    "bibtex",
+    "tex",
+    "latex",
+    "gitcommit",
+    "markdown",
+    "org",
+    "restructuredtext",
+    "rsweave",
+    "quarto",
+    "rmd",
+    "context",
+    "html",
+    "xhtml",
+  },
+  settings = {
+    textLSP = {
+      analysers = {
+        languagetool = {
+          enabled = true,
+          check_text = {
+            on_open = true,
+            on_save = true,
+            on_change = false,
+          },
+        },
+        gramformer = {
+          -- gramformer dependency needs to be installed manually
+          enabled = true,
+          gpu = false,
+          check_text = {
+            on_open = false,
+            on_save = true,
+            on_change = false,
+          },
+        },
+        hf_checker = {
+          enabled = false,
+          gpu = false,
+          quantize = 32,
+          model = "pszemraj/flan-t5-large-grammar-synthesis",
+          min_length = 40,
+          check_text = {
+            on_open = false,
+            on_save = true,
+            on_change = false,
+          },
+        },
+        hf_instruction_checker = {
+          enabled = true,
+          gpu = false,
+          quantize = 32,
+          model = "grammarly/coedit-large",
+          min_length = 40,
+          check_text = {
+            on_open = false,
+            on_save = true,
+            on_change = false,
+          },
+        },
+        hf_completion = {
+          enabled = true,
+          gpu = false,
+          quantize = 32,
+          model = "bert-base-multilingual-cased",
+          topk = 5,
+        },
+        -- openai = {
+        --   enabled = false,
+        --   api_key = "<MY_API_KEY>",
+        --   check_text = {
+        --     on_open = false,
+        --     on_save = false,
+        --     on_change = false,
+        --   },
+        --   model = "gpt-3.5-turbo",
+        --   max_token = 16,
+        -- },
+        -- grammarbot = {
+        --   enabled = false,
+        --   api_key = "<MY_API_KEY>",
+        --   -- longer texts are split, this parameter sets the maximum number of splits per analysis
+        --   input_max_requests = 1,
+        --   check_text = {
+        --     on_open = false,
+        --     on_save = false,
+        --     on_change = false,
+        --   },
+        -- },
+      },
+      documents = {
+        -- org = {
+        --   org_todo_keywords = {
+        --     "TODO",
+        --     "IN_PROGRESS",
+        --     "DONE",
+        --   },
+        -- },
+        txt = {
+          parse = true,
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  },
+}
+
+-- load secrets
+-- the secret module should just return a string with the token
+local available, token = require("custom.utils").try_require "custom.secret.languagetool_token"
+if available then
+  M.ltex.languageToolOrg = {
+    apiKey = token,
+    username = "accounts@cscherr.de",
+    languageToolHttpServerUrl = "https://api.languagetoolplus.com/v2/",
+  }
+  M.ltex.languageToolHttpServerUrl = "https://api.languagetoolplus.com/v2/"
+end
+
+return M
+
diff --git a/lua/custom/plugins/lsp.lua b/lua/custom/plugins/lsp.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8583502
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/custom/plugins/lsp.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+return {
+  {
+    'neovim/nvim-lspconfig',
+    config = function()
+        require "custom.plugins.configs.lsp"
+    end,
+  },
+}
diff --git a/lua/custom/plugins/ui.lua b/lua/custom/plugins/ui.lua
index 1bd9b1e..08003bf 100644
--- a/lua/custom/plugins/ui.lua
+++ b/lua/custom/plugins/ui.lua
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ return {
       { '<leader>tf', '<cmd> NvimTreeToggle <cr>', desc = '[T]oggle [F]ile explorer' },
     },
   },
-
   {
     'ggandor/leap.nvim',
     lazy = false,
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@ return {
   },
   {
     'kdheepak/lazygit.nvim',
-    lazy = false,
     keys = { '<leader>gg' },
     cmd = 'LazyGit',
     -- optional for floating window border decoration
@@ -48,12 +46,11 @@ return {
       mode = { 'n', 'v' },
       [';'] = { name = '+telescope' },
       [';f'] = { name = '+find' },
-      [';d'] = { name = '+lsp/todo' },
       ['g'] = { name = '+goto' },
       [']'] = { name = '+next' },
       ['['] = { name = '+prev' },
-      ['<leader>x'] = { name = '+diagnostics/quickfix' },
-      ['<leader>d'] = { name = '+debug' },
+      ['<leader>d'] = { name = '+lsp/debug' },
+      ['<leader>r'] = { name = '+diagnostics/quickfix' },
       ['<leader>c'] = { name = '+code' },
       ['<leader>g'] = { name = '+git' },
       ['<leader>t'] = { name = '+toggle/tools' },