diff --git a/nvim/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/config/lsp.lua b/nvim/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/config/lsp.lua
index d81fb37..b4e3236 100644
--- a/nvim/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/config/lsp.lua
+++ b/nvim/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/config/lsp.lua
@@ -35,9 +35,7 @@ local servers = {
 			},
 		},
 	},
-	marksman = {
-		filetypes = { "markdown", "quarto" },
-	},
+	marksman = {},
 	basedpyright = {},
 	ruff = {},
 	serve_d = {},
@@ -157,6 +155,25 @@ lsp.setup({
 local lspconfig = require("lspconfig")
 lspconfig.nushell.setup({})
 
+lspconfig.marksman.setup({
+	filetypes = { "markdown", "quarto" },
+	on_attach = function(client, bufnr)
+		-- TODO: for some reason this is always true even though it shouldn't be
+		if client.config.in_zk_notebook then
+		    vim.defer_fn(function()
+			    vim.lsp.buf_detach_client(bufnr, client.id)
+		    end, 1000)
+		end
+	end,
+	on_new_config = function(conf, new_root)
+		if require("lspconfig.util").root_pattern(".zk")(new_root) then
+			conf.in_zk_notebook = true
+		else
+			conf.in_zk_notebook = false
+		end
+	end,
+})
+
 local python_path
 -- ensure python virtualenv is determined automatically on lsp start
 lspconfig.basedpyright.setup({