diff --git a/nvim/.config/nvim/init.lua b/nvim/.config/nvim/init.lua
index 8a7789d..397cd86 100644
--- a/nvim/.config/nvim/init.lua
+++ b/nvim/.config/nvim/init.lua
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ if not vim.loop.fs_stat(lazypath) then
         lazypath,
     })
 end
-vim.opt.rtp:prepend (lazypath)
+vim.opt.rtp:prepend(lazypath)
 
 -- set our leader key to space since with hjkl, space is largely useless
 -- needs to be set before lazy.nvim is loaded
@@ -54,3 +54,5 @@ require("lazy").setup("plugins")
 require('look')
 require('maps')
 
+-- to include e.g. the spell dictionaries for vim
+vim.opt.rtp:append(vim.fn.stdpath("data") .. "/site")