diff --git a/modules/core/build/default.nix b/modules/core/build/default.nix
index bbd634ce..86239b90 100644
--- a/modules/core/build/default.nix
+++ b/modules/core/build/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   config,
+  pkgs,
   lib,
   ...
 }: let
@@ -90,6 +91,14 @@
 in {
   options = {
     vim = {
+      package = mkOption {
+        type = types.package;
+        default = pkgs.neovim-unwrapped;
+        description = ''
+          The neovim package to use. You will need to use an unwrapped package for this option to work as intended.
+        '';
+      };
+
       viAlias = mkOption {
         description = "Enable vi alias";
         type = types.bool;
diff --git a/modules/modules.nix b/modules/modules.nix
index 55f2c016..dc38621b 100644
--- a/modules/modules.nix
+++ b/modules/modules.nix
@@ -3,9 +3,12 @@
   lib,
   check ? true,
 }: let
-  inherit (lib) mkDefault;
+  inherit (builtins) map;
+  inherit (lib.modules) mkDefault;
+  inherit (lib.lists) concatLists;
 
-  plugins = builtins.map (p: ./plugins + "/${p}") [
+  # map each plugin from our plugins module into a list
+  plugins = map (p: ./plugins + "/${p}") [
     "completion"
     "theme"
     "statusline"
@@ -32,14 +35,16 @@
     "debugger"
   ];
 
-  core = builtins.map (p: ./core + "/${p}") [
+  core = map (p: ./core + "/${p}") [
     "build"
     "mappings"
     "warnings"
   ];
 
-  modules = [
-    ./neovim
+  neovim = map (p: ./neovim + "/${p}") [
+    "basic"
+    "maps"
+    "spellcheck"
   ];
 
   pkgsModule = {config, ...}: {
@@ -54,5 +59,7 @@
       };
     };
   };
+
+  modules = concatLists [core neovim plugins] ++ [pkgsModule];
 in
-  [pkgsModule] ++ (lib.concatLists [core modules plugins])
+  modules
diff --git a/modules/neovim/basic/default.nix b/modules/neovim/basic/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e8ffafe7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/neovim/basic/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  config,
+  ...
+}: let
+  inherit (lib) optionalString nvim;
+
+  cfg = config.vim;
+in {
+  imports = [./options.nix];
+  config = {
+    vim = {
+      configRC.basic = nvim.dag.entryAfter ["globalsScript"] ''
+        " Settings that are set for everything
+        set encoding=utf-8
+        set mouse=${cfg.mouseSupport}
+        set tabstop=${toString cfg.tabWidth}
+        set shiftwidth=${toString cfg.tabWidth}
+        set softtabstop=${toString cfg.tabWidth}
+        set expandtab
+        set cmdheight=${toString cfg.cmdHeight}
+        set updatetime=${toString cfg.updateTime}
+        set shortmess+=c
+        set tm=${toString cfg.mapTimeout}
+        set hidden
+        set cursorlineopt=${toString cfg.cursorlineOpt}
+        set scrolloff=${toString cfg.scrollOffset}
+
+        ${optionalString cfg.debugMode.enable ''
+          " Debug mode settings
+          set verbose=${toString cfg.debugMode.level}
+          set verbosefile=${cfg.debugMode.logFile}
+        ''}
+
+        ${optionalString cfg.splitBelow ''
+          set splitbelow
+        ''}
+
+        ${optionalString cfg.splitRight ''
+          set splitright
+        ''}
+
+        ${optionalString cfg.showSignColumn ''
+          set signcolumn=yes
+        ''}
+
+        ${optionalString cfg.autoIndent ''
+          set autoindent
+        ''}
+
+        ${optionalString cfg.preventJunkFiles ''
+          set noswapfile
+          set nobackup
+          set nowritebackup
+        ''}
+
+        ${optionalString (cfg.bell == "none") ''
+          set noerrorbells
+          set novisualbell
+        ''}
+
+        ${optionalString (cfg.bell == "on") ''
+          set novisualbell
+        ''}
+
+        ${optionalString (cfg.bell == "visual") ''
+          set noerrorbells
+        ''}
+
+        ${optionalString (cfg.lineNumberMode == "relative") ''
+          set relativenumber
+        ''}
+
+        ${optionalString (cfg.lineNumberMode == "number") ''
+          set number
+        ''}
+
+        ${optionalString (cfg.lineNumberMode == "relNumber") ''
+          set number relativenumber
+        ''}
+
+        ${optionalString cfg.useSystemClipboard ''
+          set clipboard+=unnamedplus
+        ''}
+
+        ${optionalString cfg.mapLeaderSpace ''
+          let mapleader=" "
+          let maplocalleader=" "
+        ''}
+
+        ${optionalString cfg.syntaxHighlighting ''
+          syntax on
+        ''}
+
+        ${optionalString (!cfg.wordWrap) ''
+          set nowrap
+        ''}
+
+        ${optionalString cfg.hideSearchHighlight ''
+          set nohlsearch
+          set incsearch
+        ''}
+
+        ${optionalString cfg.colourTerm ''
+          set termguicolors
+          set t_Co=256
+        ''}
+
+        ${optionalString (!cfg.enableEditorconfig) ''
+          let g:editorconfig = v:false
+        ''}
+
+        ${optionalString (cfg.leaderKey != null) ''
+          let mapleader = "${toString cfg.leaderKey}"
+        ''}
+
+        ${optionalString (cfg.searchCase == "ignore") ''
+          set nosmartcase
+          set ignorecase
+        ''}
+
+        ${optionalString (cfg.searchCase == "smart") ''
+          set smartcase
+          set ignorecase
+        ''}
+
+        ${optionalString (cfg.searchCase == "sensitive") ''
+          set nosmartcase
+          set noignorecase
+        ''}
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/modules/neovim/module.nix b/modules/neovim/basic/options.nix
similarity index 87%
rename from modules/neovim/module.nix
rename to modules/neovim/basic/options.nix
index 4a2750fc..450e5836 100644
--- a/modules/neovim/module.nix
+++ b/modules/neovim/basic/options.nix
@@ -7,14 +7,6 @@
   inherit (lib.types) types;
 in {
   options.vim = {
-    package = mkOption {
-      type = types.package;
-      default = pkgs.neovim-unwrapped;
-      description = ''
-        The neovim package to use. You will need to use an unwrapped package for this option to work as intended.
-      '';
-    };
-
     debugMode = {
       enable = mkEnableOption "debug mode";
       level = mkOption {
@@ -38,17 +30,6 @@ in {
       description = "The leader key to be used internally";
     };
 
-    spellChecking = {
-      enable = mkEnableOption "neovim's built-in spellchecking";
-      enableProgrammingWordList = mkEnableOption "vim-dirtytalk, a wordlist for programmers, that includes programming words";
-      languages = mkOption {
-        type = with types; listOf str;
-        description = "The languages to be used for spellchecking";
-        default = ["en"];
-        example = ["en" "de"];
-      };
-    };
-
     colourTerm = mkOption {
       type = types.bool;
       default = true;
@@ -179,6 +160,7 @@ in {
       default = true;
       description = "New splits will open to the right";
     };
+
     enableEditorconfig = mkOption {
       type = types.bool;
       default = true;
diff --git a/modules/neovim/config.nix b/modules/neovim/config.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a3e97bd..00000000
--- a/modules/neovim/config.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,185 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  config,
-  ...
-}: let
-  inherit (builtins) concatStringsSep;
-  inherit (lib) optionalString mkIf nvim;
-
-  cfg = config.vim;
-in {
-  config = {
-    vim.startPlugins = ["plenary-nvim"] ++ lib.optionals (cfg.spellChecking.enableProgrammingWordList) ["vim-dirtytalk"];
-
-    vim.maps.normal =
-      mkIf cfg.disableArrows {
-        "<up>" = {
-          action = "<nop>";
-
-          noremap = false;
-        };
-        "<down>" = {
-          action = "<nop>";
-
-          noremap = false;
-        };
-        "<left>" = {
-          action = "<nop>";
-          noremap = false;
-        };
-        "<right>" = {
-          action = "<nop>";
-          noremap = false;
-        };
-      }
-      // mkIf cfg.mapLeaderSpace {
-        "<space>" = {
-          action = "<nop>";
-        };
-      };
-
-    vim.maps.insert = mkIf cfg.disableArrows {
-      "<up>" = {
-        action = "<nop>";
-        noremap = false;
-      };
-      "<down>" = {
-        action = "<nop>";
-        noremap = false;
-      };
-      "<left>" = {
-        action = "<nop>";
-        noremap = false;
-      };
-      "<right>" = {
-        action = "<nop>";
-        noremap = false;
-      };
-    };
-
-    vim.configRC.basic = nvim.dag.entryAfter ["globalsScript"] ''
-      " Settings that are set for everything
-      set encoding=utf-8
-      set mouse=${cfg.mouseSupport}
-      set tabstop=${toString cfg.tabWidth}
-      set shiftwidth=${toString cfg.tabWidth}
-      set softtabstop=${toString cfg.tabWidth}
-      set expandtab
-      set cmdheight=${toString cfg.cmdHeight}
-      set updatetime=${toString cfg.updateTime}
-      set shortmess+=c
-      set tm=${toString cfg.mapTimeout}
-      set hidden
-      set cursorlineopt=${toString cfg.cursorlineOpt}
-      set scrolloff=${toString cfg.scrollOffset}
-
-      ${optionalString cfg.debugMode.enable ''
-        " Debug mode settings
-        set verbose=${toString cfg.debugMode.level}
-        set verbosefile=${cfg.debugMode.logFile}
-      ''}
-
-      ${optionalString cfg.splitBelow ''
-        set splitbelow
-      ''}
-
-      ${optionalString cfg.splitRight ''
-        set splitright
-      ''}
-
-      ${optionalString cfg.showSignColumn ''
-        set signcolumn=yes
-      ''}
-
-      ${optionalString cfg.autoIndent ''
-        set autoindent
-      ''}
-
-      ${optionalString cfg.preventJunkFiles ''
-        set noswapfile
-        set nobackup
-        set nowritebackup
-      ''}
-
-      ${optionalString (cfg.bell == "none") ''
-        set noerrorbells
-        set novisualbell
-      ''}
-
-      ${optionalString (cfg.bell == "on") ''
-        set novisualbell
-      ''}
-
-      ${optionalString (cfg.bell == "visual") ''
-        set noerrorbells
-      ''}
-
-      ${optionalString (cfg.lineNumberMode == "relative") ''
-        set relativenumber
-      ''}
-
-      ${optionalString (cfg.lineNumberMode == "number") ''
-        set number
-      ''}
-
-      ${optionalString (cfg.lineNumberMode == "relNumber") ''
-        set number relativenumber
-      ''}
-
-      ${optionalString cfg.useSystemClipboard ''
-        set clipboard+=unnamedplus
-      ''}
-
-      ${optionalString cfg.mapLeaderSpace ''
-        let mapleader=" "
-        let maplocalleader=" "
-      ''}
-
-      ${optionalString cfg.syntaxHighlighting ''
-        syntax on
-      ''}
-
-      ${optionalString (!cfg.wordWrap) ''
-        set nowrap
-      ''}
-
-      ${optionalString cfg.hideSearchHighlight ''
-        set nohlsearch
-        set incsearch
-      ''}
-
-      ${optionalString cfg.colourTerm ''
-        set termguicolors
-        set t_Co=256
-      ''}
-
-      ${optionalString (!cfg.enableEditorconfig) ''
-        let g:editorconfig = v:false
-      ''}
-
-      ${optionalString cfg.spellChecking.enable ''
-        set spell
-        set spelllang=${concatStringsSep "," cfg.spellChecking.languages}${optionalString cfg.spellChecking.enableProgrammingWordList ",programming"}
-      ''}
-
-      ${optionalString (cfg.leaderKey != null) ''
-        let mapleader = "${toString cfg.leaderKey}"
-      ''}
-
-      ${optionalString (cfg.searchCase == "ignore") ''
-        set nosmartcase
-        set ignorecase
-      ''}
-
-      ${optionalString (cfg.searchCase == "smart") ''
-        set smartcase
-        set ignorecase
-      ''}
-
-      ${optionalString (cfg.searchCase == "sensitive") ''
-        set nosmartcase
-        set noignorecase
-      ''}
-    '';
-  };
-}
diff --git a/modules/neovim/default.nix b/modules/neovim/default.nix
index a8839398..5de3773f 100644
--- a/modules/neovim/default.nix
+++ b/modules/neovim/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-_: {
   imports = [
     ./config.nix
     ./module.nix
diff --git a/modules/neovim/maps/default.nix b/modules/neovim/maps/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7a27eb33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/neovim/maps/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+{
+  config,
+  lib,
+  ...
+}: let
+  inherit (lib) mkIf;
+
+  cfg = config.vim;
+in {
+  config = {
+    vim.maps = {
+      # normal mode mappings
+      normal =
+        mkIf cfg.disableArrows {
+          "<up>" = {
+            action = "<nop>";
+
+            noremap = false;
+          };
+          "<down>" = {
+            action = "<nop>";
+
+            noremap = false;
+          };
+          "<left>" = {
+            action = "<nop>";
+            noremap = false;
+          };
+          "<right>" = {
+            action = "<nop>";
+            noremap = false;
+          };
+        }
+        // mkIf cfg.mapLeaderSpace {
+          "<space>" = {
+            action = "<nop>";
+          };
+        };
+
+      # insert mode mappings
+      insert = mkIf cfg.disableArrows {
+        "<up>" = {
+          action = "<nop>";
+          noremap = false;
+        };
+        "<down>" = {
+          action = "<nop>";
+          noremap = false;
+        };
+        "<left>" = {
+          action = "<nop>";
+          noremap = false;
+        };
+        "<right>" = {
+          action = "<nop>";
+          noremap = false;
+        };
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/modules/neovim/spellcheck/default.nix b/modules/neovim/spellcheck/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8ea513db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/neovim/spellcheck/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  config,
+  ...
+}: let
+  inherit (builtins) concatStringsSep;
+  inherit (lib) optionalString optionals mkIf nvim;
+
+  cfg = config.vim;
+in {
+  imports = [./options.nix];
+  config = mkIf cfg.spellChecking.enable {
+    vim = {
+      startPlugins = optionals cfg.spellChecking.enableProgrammingWordList ["vim-dirtytalk"];
+      configRC.spellcheck = nvim.dag.entryAfter ["basic"] ''
+        ${optionalString cfg.spellChecking.enable ''
+          set spell
+          set spelllang=${concatStringsSep "," cfg.spellChecking.languages}${optionalString cfg.spellChecking.enableProgrammingWordList ",programming"}
+        ''}
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/modules/neovim/spellcheck/options.nix b/modules/neovim/spellcheck/options.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2017d8b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/neovim/spellcheck/options.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{lib, ...}: let
+  inherit (lib) mkEnableOption mkOption;
+  inherit (lib.types) types;
+in {
+  options.vim = {
+    spellChecking = {
+      enable = mkEnableOption "neovim's built-in spellchecking";
+      enableProgrammingWordList = mkEnableOption "vim-dirtytalk, a wordlist for programmers, that includes programming words";
+      languages = mkOption {
+        type = with types; listOf str;
+        description = "The languages to be used for spellchecking";
+        default = ["en"];
+        example = ["en" "de"];
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}