diff --git a/lua/config/mappings.lua b/lua/config/mappings.lua
index 0d32b21..90984ec 100644
--- a/lua/config/mappings.lua
+++ b/lua/config/mappings.lua
@@ -22,9 +22,22 @@ m.nmap("[d", vim.diagnostic.goto_prev)
 m.nmap("]d", vim.diagnostic.goto_next)
 m.nmap("<leader>q", vim.diagnostic.setloclist)
 
--- easier <C-6>
+-- "alt tab"
 m.nmap("<leader>n", "<C-6>")
 
+-- open zathura for current tex
+-- I want to make this more generic
+-- however,,,,,, I hate regex
+-- and lua contains no path utils :)
+m.nmap("<leader>ot", function ()
+    local path = vim.api.nvim_buf_get_name(0)
+    io.popen("zathura "
+        ..path:match("(.*).tex")
+        ..".pdf"
+    )
+end)
+
+-- TODO: refactor so map() uses a layout file and converts
 -- colemak-dh
 local l = u.layout
 l.swap("n", "h")
diff --git a/lua/plugins/lsp.lua b/lua/plugins/lsp.lua
index 83707ee..1c2b59f 100644
--- a/lua/plugins/lsp.lua
+++ b/lua/plugins/lsp.lua
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@ return {
         "scalameta/nvim-metals",
         dependencies = { "nvim-lua/plenary.nvim" }
     },
-    {
-        "lervag/vimtex",
-        config = function() vim.g.vimtex_view_method = 'zathura' end
-    },
     "mfussenegger/nvim-jdtls",
     "folke/neodev.nvim",
 }
diff --git a/lua/plugins/lspconfig.lua b/lua/plugins/lspconfig.lua
index e184f5f..47c8801 100644
--- a/lua/plugins/lspconfig.lua
+++ b/lua/plugins/lspconfig.lua
@@ -49,6 +49,15 @@ local config = function()
     c.pylsp.setup {}
     c.kotlin_language_server.setup {}
     c.jsonls.setup {}
+    c.texlab.setup {
+        settings = {
+            texlab = {
+                build = {
+                    onSave = true
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
 
     require 'config.lsp-settings'
 end
diff --git a/test b/test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29