diff --git a/.config/nvim/init.vim b/.config/nvim/init.vim
index 17cfa49..425c976 100644
--- a/.config/nvim/init.vim
+++ b/.config/nvim/init.vim
@@ -4,15 +4,29 @@ call plug#begin('~/.local/share/nvim/plugged')
 
 " Base
 Plug 'tpope/vim-sensible'
-Plug 'tpope/vim-commentary'
 Plug 'christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator' " add seamless movement between vim and tmux
 
+" Workflow
+Plug 'tpope/vim-commentary' " easily toggle comments for lines, paragrapgs etc
+Plug 'jiangmiao/auto-pairs' " Auto close brackets and ''
+
 " Ecosystem
 " Plug 'tpope/vim-fugitive' - Will have to take a closer look some other time
-Plug 'scrooloose/nerdtree'
+Plug 'scrooloose/nerdtree' " directory thingy - perhaps replace it with something more efficient
+Plug 'Yggdroot/LeaderF' " fuzzy matcher, apparently faster than fzf, ctrlp, unit, denite
 
 " Language Integration
+Plug 'sheerun/vim-polyglot' " syntax plugins for almost every language
 Plug 'stephpy/vim-yaml'
+Plug 'mhartington/nvim-typescript', {'do': './install.sh'}
+
+" HTML Workflow
+Plug 'valloric/matchtagalways'
+Plug 'alvan/vim-closetag'
+
+" For async completion
+Plug 'Shougo/deoplete.nvim' " automatic suggestions, can also perhaps be changed for newer plugs
+Plug 'w0rp/ale' " asynchronous linting - might be superseded by lsp or coc.nvim at some point
 
 " Design
 Plug 'vim-airline/vim-airline'
@@ -48,6 +62,24 @@ let g:tmuxline_preset = {
 " automatically save the current buffer when navigating away from vim
 let g:tmux_navigator_save_on_switch = 1
 
+" enable deoplete at startup
+let g:deoplete#enable_at_startup = 1
+let g:deoplete#enable_ignore_case = 1
+let g:deoplete#enable_smart_case = 1
+let g:deoplete#enable_camel_case = 1
+let g:deoplete#enable_refresh_always = 1
+let g:deoplete#max_abbr_width = 0
+let g:deoplete#max_menu_width = 0
+let g:deoplete#omni#input_patterns = get(g:,'deoplete#omni#input_patterns',{})
+
+let g:ale_fix_on_save = 1
+let g:ale_fixers = {
+        \'javascipt': ['eslint', 'prettier'],
+        \'html': ['tidy','prettier'],
+        \'typescript': ['prettier','tslint'],
+        \'*': ['remove_trailing_lines', 'trim_whitespace'],
+        \}
+
 " VIM SETTINGS
 " set truecolor (neovim)
 set termguicolors
@@ -58,9 +90,9 @@ set termguicolors
 " sets tabs to be 4 characters, expanded into spaces, but still removable with
 " one press of backspace.
 " great explanation: http://vimcasts.org/transcripts/2/en/
-set tabstop=4
-set shiftwidth=4
-set softtabstop=4
+set tabstop=2
+set shiftwidth=2
+set softtabstop=2
 set expandtab
 
 " shows linenumbers relative to the one you are on, for easy movement and
@@ -83,6 +115,10 @@ au FocusLost * :wa
 " care of it
 set noshowmode
 
+" highlight everything that goes over 80 columns
+highlight ColorColumn ctermbg=magenta
+call matchadd('ColorColumn', '\%81v', 100)
+
 " KEYBINDINGS
 "
 " set our leader key to space since with hjkl, space is largely useless
@@ -115,7 +151,7 @@ nnoremap <leader>W :%s/\s\+$//<cr>:let @/=''<CR>
 
 " 'open new tab' with leader-t (opens new buffer and switches to it)
 " open actual new tab with leader-T
-nnoremap <leader>t <C-w>v<C-w><C-w>:NERDTreeToggle<cr>
+nnoremap <leader>t :vsp .<cr>
 nnoremap <leader>T :tabedit .<cr>
 
 " save current buffer with Ctrl-s