diff --git a/.config/kak/autoload/lsp.kak b/.config/kak/autoload/lsp.kak
index ee7318c4..90e174d2 100644
--- a/.config/kak/autoload/lsp.kak
+++ b/.config/kak/autoload/lsp.kak
@@ -106,6 +106,20 @@ hook -group lsp-filetype-python global BufSetOption filetype=python %{
 	}
 }
 
+remove-hooks global lsp-filetype-javascript
+hook -group lsp-filetype-javascript global BufSetOption filetype=(?:javascript|typescript) %{
+	set-option buffer lsp_servers %{
+        [typescript-language-server]
+        root_globs = ["package.json", "tsconfig.json", "jsconfig.json", ".git", ".hg"]
+        args = ["--stdio"]
+        settings_section = "_"
+        [typescript-language-server.settings._]
+        # quotePreference = "double"
+        # typescript.format.semicolons = "insert"
+
+	}
+}
+
 # use our custom fish-lsp wrapper because it sets env vars
 hook -group lsp-filetype-fish global BufSetOption filetype=fish %{
 	set-option buffer lsp_servers %{