diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 1753867..ec4672b 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -211,8 +211,10 @@ deploy_nvim() {
     ensure_directory "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvim/autoload"
     ensure_directory "$XDG_DATA_HOME/nvim/plugged"
     ensure_directory "$XDG_DATA_HOME/nvim/shada"
+    remove_file "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvim/init.vim"
     link "$DOTFILES/nvim/plug.vim" "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvim/autoload/plug.vim"
-    link "$DOTFILES/nvim/init.vim" "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvim/init.vim"
+    link "$DOTFILES/nvim/init.vim" "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvim/old.vim"
+    link "$DOTFILES/nvim/init.lua" "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvim/init.lua"
 
     if command -v nvim >/dev/null 2>&1; then
         warn "installing neovim plugins..."
diff --git a/nvim/init.lua b/nvim/init.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83b7fb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nvim/init.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+vim.cmd('runtime old.vim')
+