diff --git a/.config/kak/autoload/lsp.kak b/.config/kak/autoload/lsp.kak
index 3609f8d8..e28dd079 100644
--- a/.config/kak/autoload/lsp.kak
+++ b/.config/kak/autoload/lsp.kak
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ hook -group lsp-filetype-python global BufSetOption filetype=python %{
 
 remove-hooks global lsp-filetype-latex
 hook -group lsp-filetype-latex global BufSetOption filetype=latex %{
+    declare-option str foobartest %{
+    	dictionary = { "en-US" = ["builtin", "Fichtinger", "SonarAuth", "sexpenis" ], "en-CA" = ["more", "words"] }
+    }
 	set-option buffer lsp_servers %{
     	[ltex-ls-plus]
     	root_globs = [".git", ".hg", "main.tex"]
@@ -160,7 +163,7 @@ hook -group lsp-filetype-latex global BufSetOption filetype=latex %{
     	# TODO: write a script where the dictionary is a list of words
     	# that's read from a file and then output in TOML format.
     	# This way we can implement adding our own words to this list dynamically
-    	dictionary = { "en-US" = ["builtin", "Fichtinger", "SonarAuth" ] }
+    	%opt{foobartest}
 
         [texlab]
         root_globs = [".git", ".hg"]
diff --git a/.config/kak/autoload/ltex-dict.kak b/.config/kak/autoload/ltex-dict.kak
index 8b8ff988..fc619359 100644
--- a/.config/kak/autoload/ltex-dict.kak
+++ b/.config/kak/autoload/ltex-dict.kak
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 provide-module ltex-dict %~
 
     declare-option str ltex_dict_path %exp{%val{config}/ltex-dict.txt}
+    declare-option -hidden str ltex_tomlize %{
+        '%<a-J>Zbi"<esc>a"<esc>z<a-,>r,x_i[<esc>a]<esc>'
+    }
+    define-command ltex-dict-read %{
+        echo -debug %sh{
+            cat "$kak_opt_ltex_dict_path" | kak -f '%<a-J>Zbi"<esc>a"<esc>z<a-,>r,x_i[<esc>a]<esc>'
+        }
+    }
 
 ~
diff --git a/.config/kak/ltex-dict.txt b/.config/kak/ltex-dict.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..72c5265b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/kak/ltex-dict.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+apple
+banana
+cherry
+