diff --git a/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/camelcasemotion.lua b/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/camelcasemotion.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cbccce94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/camelcasemotion.lua
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+return { "chrisgrieser/nvim-spider", lazy = true }
diff --git a/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/lualine.lua b/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/lualine.lua
index f0c7f2c7..3c098aec 100644
--- a/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/lualine.lua
+++ b/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/lualine.lua
@@ -1,12 +1,3 @@
-local function getWords()
-  local wc = vim.api.nvim_eval("wordcount()")
-  local w = "w:"
-  if wc["visual_words"] then
-    return w .. wc["visual_words"]
-  else
-    return w .. wc["words"]
-  end
-end
 local modes = {
   NORMAL = "NRM",
   INSERT = "INS",
@@ -23,6 +14,24 @@ local modes = {
   REPLACE = "REP",
   ["V-REPLACE"] = "V-R",
 }
+
+local wordCountFiletypes = {
+  markdown = true,
+  txt = true,
+  tex = true,
+}
+
+local wcCache = ""
+local function updateWordCount()
+  local ft = vim.bo.filetype
+  local wc = vim.api.nvim_eval("wordcount()")
+  local w = "w:"
+  if wc["visual_words"] then
+    wcCache = w .. wc["visual_words"]
+  else
+    wcCache = w .. wc["words"]
+  end
+end
 local sections = {
   lualine_a = {
     {
@@ -32,10 +41,13 @@ local sections = {
       end,
     },
   },
-  -- lualine_a = { "mode" },
   lualine_b = { "branch", "diff" },
   lualine_c = { { "filename", path = 1 } },
-  lualine_x = { "diagnostics", { "filetype", colored = false }, { getWords } },
+  lualine_x = { "diagnostics", { "filetype", colored = false }, {
+    function()
+      return wcCache
+    end,
+  } },
   lualine_y = { "progress" },
   lualine_z = { "location" },
 }
@@ -48,6 +60,12 @@ return {
     local noirbuddy_lualine = require("noirbuddy.plugins.lualine")
     local theme = noirbuddy_lualine.theme
     local nb_inactive_sections = noirbuddy_lualine.inactive_sections
+
+    vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd(
+      { "TextChanged", "TextChangedI", "CursorHold" },
+      { pattern = "*", callback = updateWordCount }
+    )
+
     require("lualine").setup({
       options = {
         theme = theme,