diff --git a/.config/nvim/after/plugin/treesitter.lua b/.config/nvim/after/plugin/treesitter.lua
index 12f5b00..9acf937 100644
--- a/.config/nvim/after/plugin/treesitter.lua
+++ b/.config/nvim/after/plugin/treesitter.lua
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require'nvim-treesitter.configs'.setup {
   -- A list of parser names, or "all" (the five listed parsers should always be installed)
-  ensure_installed = { "bash", "bibtex", "c", "cpp", "latex", "lua", "markdown", "python", "vim", "vimdoc" },
+  ensure_installed = { "bash", "bibtex", "c", "cpp", "lua", "markdown", "python", "vim", "vimdoc" },
 
   -- Install parsers synchronously (only applied to `ensure_installed`)
   sync_install = false,
@@ -25,16 +25,46 @@ require'nvim-treesitter.configs'.setup {
 }
 local vim = vim
 
-vim.o.foldmethod = 'expr'
--- Default to treesitter folding
-vim.o.foldexpr = 'v:lua.vim.treesitter.foldexpr()'
--- Prefer LSP folding if client supports it
-vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd('LspAttach', {
-    callback = function(args)
-    local client = vim.lsp.get_client_by_id(args.data.client_id)
-    if client:supports_method('textDocument/foldingRange') then
-            local win = vim.api.nvim_get_current_win()
-            vim.wo[win][0].foldexpr = 'v:lua.vim.lsp.foldexpr()'
+-- vim.o.foldmethod = 'expr'
+-- -- Default to treesitter folding
+-- vim.o.foldexpr = 'v:lua.vim.treesitter.foldexpr()'
+-- -- Prefer LSP folding if client supports it
+-- vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd('LspAttach', {
+--     callback = function(args)
+--     local client = vim.lsp.get_client_by_id(args.data.client_id)
+--     if client:supports_method('textDocument/foldingRange') then
+--             local win = vim.api.nvim_get_current_win()
+--             vim.wo[win][0].foldexpr = 'v:lua.vim.lsp.foldexpr()'
+--         end
+--     end,
+-- })
+local opt = vim.opt
+local api = vim.api
+local M = {}
+
+opt.foldmethod = "expr"
+opt.foldexpr = "nvim_treesitter#foldexpr()"
+
+-- function to create a list of commands and convert them to autocommands
+-------- This function is taken from https://github.com/norcalli/nvim_utils
+function M.nvim_create_augroups(definitions)
+    for group_name, definition in pairs(definitions) do
+        api.nvim_command('augroup '..group_name)
+        api.nvim_command('autocmd!')
+        for _, def in ipairs(definition) do
+            local command = table.concat(vim.tbl_flatten{'autocmd', def}, ' ')
+            api.nvim_command(command)
         end
-    end,
-})
+        api.nvim_command('augroup END')
+    end
+end
+
+
+local autoCommands = {
+    -- other autocommands
+    open_folds = {
+        {"BufReadPost,FileReadPost", "*", "normal zR"}
+    }
+}
+
+M.nvim_create_augroups(autoCommands)
diff --git a/.config/nvim/lua/config/pckr.lua b/.config/nvim/lua/config/pckr.lua
index 073bd48..ab280f6 100644
--- a/.config/nvim/lua/config/pckr.lua
+++ b/.config/nvim/lua/config/pckr.lua
@@ -41,7 +41,15 @@ require('pckr').add{
     'lukas-reineke/indent-blankline.nvim';
     'JoosepAlviste/nvim-ts-context-commentstring';
     'numToStr/Comment.nvim';
-    'lervag/vimtex';
+    {
+        'lervag/vimtex';
+        config = function()
+            vim.cmd([[
+              let g:vimtex_view_method = 'zathura_simple'
+              let g:vimtex_view_automatic = 0
+            ]])
+        end,
+    };
     {
         'neovim/nvim-lspconfig',
         requires = {
diff --git a/.config/nvim/lua/config/remap.lua b/.config/nvim/lua/config/remap.lua
index dd9653c..db3ee7f 100644
--- a/.config/nvim/lua/config/remap.lua
+++ b/.config/nvim/lua/config/remap.lua
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ local M = {}
 
 -- Set leader key to space
 vim.g.mapleader = " "
+vim.g.maplocalleader = ";"
 
 -- Set Explorer keybind to leader-"e"
 vim.keymap.set("n","<leader>e", vim.cmd.Ex)