diff --git a/.config/nvim/lua/config/options.lua b/.config/nvim/lua/config/options.lua
index 3ec5be0f..bdb41a1b 100644
--- a/.config/nvim/lua/config/options.lua
+++ b/.config/nvim/lua/config/options.lua
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ local opt = vim.opt
 opt.scrolloff = 0
 
 opt.spell = true
-table.insert(opt.spelllang, -1, "academic")
+-- opt.spelllang = vim.tbl_extend("force", opt.spelllang, { "en", "academic" })
+opt.spelllang = { "en", "en-academic" }
 -- opt.spelloptions = "camel"
diff --git a/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/vim-dirtytalk.lua b/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/vim-dirtytalk.lua
index 517e938c..5cfd78a2 100644
--- a/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/vim-dirtytalk.lua
+++ b/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/vim-dirtytalk.lua
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ return {
   build = ":DirtytalkUpdate",
   config = function()
     vim.opt.spelllang = { "en", "programming" }
+    -- opt.spelllang = vim.tbl_extend("force", vim.opt.spelllang, { "academic" })
   end,
   -- Note: let g:dirtytalk_blacklist=['lorem-ipsum'] to disable a wordlist
   -- Mus run :DirtytalkUpdate after making this change
diff --git a/.config/nvim/spell/academic.utf-8.spl b/.config/nvim/spell/en-academic.utf-8.spl
similarity index 100%
rename from .config/nvim/spell/academic.utf-8.spl
rename to .config/nvim/spell/en-academic.utf-8.spl