diff --git a/after/plugin/lsp/lsp-lua.lua b/after/plugin/lsp/lsp-lua.lua
index 7062002..67bb36a 100644
--- a/after/plugin/lsp/lsp-lua.lua
+++ b/after/plugin/lsp/lsp-lua.lua
@@ -1,2 +1,31 @@
 -- lua lsp is not installed by packer but is actually a package installed with pacman 
-require('lspconfig').lua_ls.setup {}
+require'lspconfig'.lua_ls.setup {
+  on_init = function(client)
+    local path = client.workspace_folders[1].name
+    if not vim.loop.fs_stat(path..'/.luarc.json') and not vim.loop.fs_stat(path..'/.luarc.jsonc') then
+      client.config.settings = vim.tbl_deep_extend('force', client.config.settings, {
+        Lua = {
+          runtime = {
+            -- Tell the language server which version of Lua you're using
+            -- (most likely LuaJIT in the case of Neovim)
+            version = 'LuaJIT'
+          },
+          -- Make the server aware of Neovim runtime files
+          workspace = {
+            checkThirdParty = false,
+            library = {
+              vim.env.VIMRUNTIME
+              -- "${3rd}/luv/library"
+              -- "${3rd}/busted/library",
+            }
+            -- or pull in all of 'runtimepath'. NOTE: this is a lot slower
+            -- library = vim.api.nvim_get_runtime_file("", true)
+          }
+        }
+      })
+
+      client.notify("workspace/didChangeConfiguration", { settings = client.config.settings })
+    end
+    return true
+  end
+}
diff --git a/after/plugin/nvim-tree.lua b/after/plugin/nvim-tree.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35d60c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/after/plugin/nvim-tree.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+-- disable netrw at the very start of your init.lua
+vim.g.loaded_netrw = 1
+vim.g.loaded_netrwPlugin = 1
+
+-- set termguicolors to enable highlight groups
+vim.opt.termguicolors = true
+
+-- empty setup using defaults
+require("nvim-tree").setup()
diff --git a/lua/myworkflow/packer.lua b/lua/myworkflow/packer.lua
index de78a47..e79973f 100644
--- a/lua/myworkflow/packer.lua
+++ b/lua/myworkflow/packer.lua
@@ -36,4 +36,7 @@ return require('packer').startup(function(use)
     -- Snippets (not really sure what this is for)
     use 'dcampos/nvim-snippy'
     use 'dcampos/cmp-snippy'
+
+    -- Project explorer
+    use {'nvim-tree/nvim-tree.lua', requires = 'nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons'}
 end)