diff --git a/lua/custom/configs/lspsettings.lua b/lua/custom/configs/lspsettings.lua
index e8da2c4..0a26aee 100644
--- a/lua/custom/configs/lspsettings.lua
+++ b/lua/custom/configs/lspsettings.lua
@@ -52,12 +52,7 @@ M.ltex = {
         "html",
         "xhtml",
       },
-      languageToolOrg = {
-        apiKey = require "custom.secret.languagetool_token",
-        username = "accounts@cscherr.de",
-        languageToolHttpServerUrl = "https://api.languagetoolplus.com/v2/",
-      },
-      languageToolHttpServerUrl = "https://api.languagetoolplus.com/v2/",
+        -- load token and additional languagetool items later
     },
   },
 }
@@ -170,4 +165,17 @@ M.textlsp = {
     },
   },
 }
+
+-- 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/configs/overrides.lua b/lua/custom/configs/overrides.lua
index d1217f5..5226d76 100644
--- a/lua/custom/configs/overrides.lua
+++ b/lua/custom/configs/overrides.lua
@@ -30,38 +30,25 @@ M.treesitter = {
 
 M.mason = {
   ensure_installed = {
-    -- general purpose
     "purpose",
-
-    -- lua stuff
     "lua-language-server",
     "stylua",
-
-    -- web dev stuff
     "css-lsp",
     "html-lsp",
     "typescript-language-server",
     "deno",
     "prettier",
-
-    -- c/cpp stuff
     "clangd",
     "clang-format",
     "cmake-language-server",
-
-    -- rust
     "rust-analyzer",
     "taplo",
-
-    -- python
     "pyright",
-
-    -- english??
-    -- "write-good",
-
-    -- shell
     "shellcheck",
     "bash-language-server",
+    "ltex-ls",
+    "shellcheck",
+    "taplo",
   },
 }
 
diff --git a/lua/custom/utils.lua b/lua/custom/utils.lua
index 11158b9..cef1dc2 100644
--- a/lua/custom/utils.lua
+++ b/lua/custom/utils.lua
@@ -5,44 +5,44 @@ local M = {}
 --- @param raw string string of cli args that should be split
 --- @return table tokens args as a table
 M.tokenize_args = function(raw)
-    -- NOTE: string.gmatch is does not use regex, but a smaller pattern matcher!
-    -- A complete regex parser would be larger than lua itself. See
-    -- [Programming in Lua 20.2](https://www.lua.org/pil/20.2.html).
-    --
-    -- Notable differences:
-    -- '-' is ungreedy wildcard
-    -- '*?' does not work
-    -- '|' is not or
-    --
-    -- This means we're better of implementing the lexer with an algorithm.
-    local t = {}
-    local current = ""
-    local in_str = false
-    local str_seek
-    for c in string.gmatch(raw, ".") do -- iterate through all chars
-        if c == ' ' and not in_str then
-            if string.len(current) > 0 then
-                table.insert(t, current)
-                current = ""
-            end
-        elseif c == '"' and not in_str then
-            in_str = true
-            str_seek = '"'
-        elseif c == "'" and not in_str then
-            in_str = true
-            str_seek = "'"
-        elseif c == str_seek and in_str then
-            in_str = false
-            table.insert(t, current)
-            current = ""
-        else
-            current = current .. c
-        end
-    end
-    if string.len(current) > 0 then
+  -- NOTE: string.gmatch is does not use regex, but a smaller pattern matcher!
+  -- A complete regex parser would be larger than lua itself. See
+  -- [Programming in Lua 20.2](https://www.lua.org/pil/20.2.html).
+  --
+  -- Notable differences:
+  -- '-' is ungreedy wildcard
+  -- '*?' does not work
+  -- '|' is not or
+  --
+  -- This means we're better of implementing the lexer with an algorithm.
+  local t = {}
+  local current = ""
+  local in_str = false
+  local str_seek
+  for c in string.gmatch(raw, ".") do -- iterate through all chars
+    if c == " " and not in_str then
+      if string.len(current) > 0 then
         table.insert(t, current)
+        current = ""
+      end
+    elseif c == '"' and not in_str then
+      in_str = true
+      str_seek = '"'
+    elseif c == "'" and not in_str then
+      in_str = true
+      str_seek = "'"
+    elseif c == str_seek and in_str then
+      in_str = false
+      table.insert(t, current)
+      current = ""
+    else
+      current = current .. c
     end
-    return t
+  end
+  if string.len(current) > 0 then
+    table.insert(t, current)
+  end
+  return t
 end
 
 --- dumps a variable into a string, so it can be printed. This is meant for
@@ -50,18 +50,34 @@ end
 --- @param t any variable
 --- @return string t_dumped t dumped to string
 M.dump = function(t)
-    if type(t) == 'table' then
-        local s = '{ '
-        for k, v in pairs(t) do
-            if type(k) ~= 'number' then k = '"' .. k .. '"' end
-            if k ~= 1 then
-                s = s .. ', '
-            end
-            s = s .. '[' .. k .. '] = \'' .. M.dump(v) .. '\''
-        end
-        return s .. ' }'
-    else
-        return tostring(t)
+  if type(t) == "table" then
+    local s = "{ "
+    for k, v in pairs(t) do
+      if type(k) ~= "number" then
+        k = '"' .. k .. '"'
+      end
+      if k ~= 1 then
+        s = s .. ", "
+      end
+      s = s .. "[" .. k .. "] = '" .. M.dump(v) .. "'"
     end
+    return s .. " }"
+  else
+    return tostring(t)
+  end
 end
+
+--- Try to require a module
+--- @param module string module name
+--- @return boolean available is the module available?
+--- @return any loaded_module the loaded module if it is available
+M.try_require = function(module)
+  local available, loaded_module = pcall(require, module)
+  if not available then
+    return available, nil
+  else
+    return available, loaded_module
+  end
+end
+
 return M