diff --git a/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/lualine.lua b/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/lualine.lua
index 0618251d..375a95da 100644
--- a/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/lualine.lua
+++ b/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/lualine.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
 -- local noirbuddy_lualine = require("noirbuddy.plugins.lualine")
+local function getWords()
+  local wc = vim.api.nvim_eval("wordcount()")
+  if wc["visual_words"] then
+    return wc["visual_words"]
+  else
+    return wc["words"]
+  end
+end
 return {
   "nvim-lualine/lualine.nvim",
   dependencies = {