diff --git a/.config/nvim/init.lua b/.config/nvim/init.lua
index 8448de6..c25d69a 100644
--- a/.config/nvim/init.lua
+++ b/.config/nvim/init.lua
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ require("polyjuice")    -- colorscheme
 require("lsp")          -- ./lua/lsp/init.lua
 require("lsp.maps")     -- ./lua/lsp/maps.lua
 require("lsp.c")        -- ./lua/lsp/c.lua
+require("lsp.lua")      -- ./lua/lsp/lua.lua
 require("lsp.python")   -- ./lua/lsp/python.lua
 
 -- auto complete
diff --git a/.config/nvim/lua/globals.lua b/.config/nvim/lua/globals.lua
index e3c1d28..62bc300 100644
--- a/.config/nvim/lua/globals.lua
+++ b/.config/nvim/lua/globals.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 globals = {
+	lsp_path = vim.fn.stdpath("data").. "/lsp",
+
+        -- misc
 	sign_error = "",
 	sign_warning = "",
 	sign_hint = "",
diff --git a/.config/nvim/lua/lsp/lua.lua b/.config/nvim/lua/lsp/lua.lua
index caf8f2a..11567ec 100644
--- a/.config/nvim/lua/lsp/lua.lua
+++ b/.config/nvim/lua/lsp/lua.lua
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 local system_name = "Linux"
 
 -- set the path to the sumneko installation; if you previously installed via the now deprecated :LspInstall, use
-local sumneko_root_path = vim.fn.stdpath('cache')..'/lspconfig/sumneko_lua/lua-language-server'
+local sumneko_root_path = globals.lsp_path .. "/sumneko_lua"
 local sumneko_binary = sumneko_root_path.."/bin/"..system_name.."/lua-language-server"
 
 require'lspconfig'.sumneko_lua.setup {
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index adcdc69..dfbd1ba 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -16,3 +16,6 @@
 [submodule ".local/src/slock"]
 	path = .local/src/slock
 	url = git@github.com:swy7ch/slock.git
+[submodule ".local/share/nvim/lsp/sumneko_lua"]
+	path = .local/share/nvim/lsp/sumneko_lua
+	url = git@github.com:sumneko/lua-language-server.git
diff --git a/.local/share/nvim/lsp/sumneko_lua b/.local/share/nvim/lsp/sumneko_lua
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..4f1f6d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.local/share/nvim/lsp/sumneko_lua
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 4f1f6d4dbc7940b5f117e25b3528712ff4b221ef