diff --git a/lua/custom/snippets/tex.lua b/lua/custom/snippets/tex.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a0646a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/custom/snippets/tex.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+local ls = require "luasnip"
+local s = ls.snippet
+local t = ls.text_node
+local i = ls.insert_node
+
+return {
+  -- Italic snippet: type "it" in insert mode and expand to \textit{...}
+  s({trig="it", desc="Insert italic text"}, {
+    t "\\textit{",
+    i(1, "text"),
+    t "}",
+  }),
+  -- Bold snippet example:
+  s({trig="bf", desc="Insert bold text"}, {
+    t "\\textbf{",
+    i(1, "text"),
+    t "}",
+  }),
+  -- Emph snippet example:
+  s({trig="em", desc="Insert emphasized text"}, {
+    t "\\emph{",
+    i(1, "text"),
+    t "}",
+  }),
+}
diff --git a/lua/options.lua b/lua/options.lua
index b5dbead..1ee72a9 100644
--- a/lua/options.lua
+++ b/lua/options.lua
@@ -1,11 +1,27 @@
 require "nvchad.options"
 
+-- Set global options
 vim.o.cursorlineopt ='both' -- to enable cursorline!
 vim.o.scrolloff = 10
 vim.opt.relativenumber = true
 vim.g.wiki_root = "~/wiki"
 vim.o.formatexpr = "v:lua.require'conform'.formatexpr()"
 
+-- Set vimtex options
+vim.g.tex_flavour = "latex"
+vim.g.vimtex_view_method = "skim"
+vim.g.vimtex_view_skim_reading_bar = 1
+vim.g.vimtex_view_skim_sync = 1
+-- vim.g.vimtex_quickfix_mode = 0
+vim.g.vimtex_compiler_method = "latexmk"
+vim.g.vimtex_mappings_prefix = "å"
+vim.g.complete_close_brackets = 1
+
+-- Set luasnip path
+local snippets = require "luasnip.loaders.from_lua"
+snippets.load({ paths = "~/.config/nvim/lua/custom/snippets" })
+
+-- Set window-local options
 local highlight_group = vim.api.nvim_create_augroup("yankhighlight", { clear = true })
 vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("textyankpost", {
   callback = function()
@@ -15,6 +31,7 @@ vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("textyankpost", {
   pattern = "*",
 })
 
+-- dap
 require "dap"
 
 local sign = vim.fn.sign_define
@@ -33,3 +50,14 @@ vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("QuickFixCmdPost", {
   end,
   pattern = "*",
 })
+
+-- Surround
+
+vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("FileType", {
+  pattern = "tex",
+  callback = function()
+    vim.b.surround_105 = "\\textit{" .. "\n" .. "}"
+    vim.b.surround_101 = "\\emph{"   .. "\n" .. "}"
+    vim.b.surround_102 = "\\textbf{" .. "\n" .. "}"
+  end,
+})
diff --git a/lua/plugins/init.lua b/lua/plugins/init.lua
index 478fb7f..d47b4ae 100644
--- a/lua/plugins/init.lua
+++ b/lua/plugins/init.lua
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ return {
     lazy = false,
   },
 
+  {
+    "lervag/vimtex",
+    lazy = false,
+  },
+
   {
     "jay-babu/mason-nvim-dap.nvim",
     opts = {