diff --git a/nvim/.config/nvim/init.lua b/nvim/.config/nvim/init.lua
index 7525255..d9a3b72 100644
--- a/nvim/.config/nvim/init.lua
+++ b/nvim/.config/nvim/init.lua
@@ -1,21 +1 @@
--- many ideas for this config come from
--- https://github.com/elianiva/dotfiles/ - with much gratitude
-local api = vim.api
-
-api.nvim_exec2("runtime abbrev.vim", {})
-
-for _, source in ipairs({
-	"core.settings",
-	"core.lazy",
-	"core.autocmds",
-	"core.mappings",
-	"core.look",
-}) do
-	local status_ok, fault = pcall(require, source)
-	if not status_ok then
-		vim.api.nvim_err_writeln("Failed to load " .. source .. "\n\n" .. fault)
-	end
-end
-
--- to include e.g. the spell dictionaries for vim
-vim.opt.rtp:append(vim.fn.stdpath("data") .. "/site")
+require("core")
diff --git a/nvim/.config/nvim/lua/core/init.lua b/nvim/.config/nvim/lua/core/init.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..035fe11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nvim/.config/nvim/lua/core/init.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+for _, source in ipairs({
+	"core.settings",
+	"core.lazy",
+	"core.autocmds",
+	"core.mappings",
+	"core.look",
+}) do
+	local status_ok, fault = pcall(require, source)
+	if not status_ok then
+		vim.api.nvim_err_writeln("Failed to load " .. source .. "\n\n" .. fault)
+	end
+end