diff --git a/ftplugin/tex.lua b/ftplugin/tex.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e220af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ftplugin/tex.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+-- vimtex configuration
+vim.g.vimtex_view_method = 'zathura'
+vim.g.maplocalleader =  ' '
+-- Legacy shortcut from my vim-latexsuite days
+vim.api.nvim_set_keymap("n", "<Leader>ls", ":VimtexView<CR>", {noremap = true, silent = true, desc = 'View [L]atex Document'})
+
+vim.o.foldmethod = 'expr'
+vim.o.foldexpr='vimtex#fold#level(v:lnum)'
+vim.o.foldtext='vimtex#fold#text()'
+vim.o.spell = true
diff --git a/lua/mappings.lua b/lua/mappings.lua
index e1c78d0..5986542 100644
--- a/lua/mappings.lua
+++ b/lua/mappings.lua
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ for key, binding in pairs(map_list) do
   vim.api.nvim_set_keymap("n", key, binding .. "<CR>", {noremap = true, silent = true})
 end
 
+-- spelling maps
+vim.api.nvim_set_keymap("n", "<Leader>s", "mz[s1z=`z", {noremap = true, silent = true})
+vim.api.nvim_set_keymap("n", "à", "]s", {noremap = true, silent = true})
+
 -- [[ kickstart.nvim ]]
 -- Keymaps for better default experience
 -- See `:help vim.keymap.set()`