diff --git a/docs/release-notes/rl-0.8.md b/docs/release-notes/rl-0.8.md
index dc9788fe..a245b006 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/rl-0.8.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes/rl-0.8.md
@@ -297,6 +297,9 @@
 - Add lint (luacheck) and formatting (stylua) support for Lua.
 - Add lint (markdownlint-cli2) support for Markdown.
 - Add catppuccin integration for Bufferline, Lspsaga.
+- Add neo-tree integration for Bufferline.
+- Add more applicable filetypes to illuminate denylist.
+- Disable mini.indentscope for applicable filetypes.
 
 [tebuevd](https://github.com/tebuevd):
 
diff --git a/modules/plugins/mini/indentscope/config.nix b/modules/plugins/mini/indentscope/config.nix
index 2e6ec03d..a6fd16d7 100644
--- a/modules/plugins/mini/indentscope/config.nix
+++ b/modules/plugins/mini/indentscope/config.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   lib,
   ...
 }: let
+  inherit (lib.generators) mkLuaInline;
   inherit (lib.modules) mkIf;
   inherit (lib.nvim.dag) entryAnywhere;
   inherit (lib.nvim.lua) toLuaObject;
@@ -10,6 +11,21 @@
   cfg = config.vim.mini.indentscope;
 in {
   vim = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    autocmds = [
+      {
+        callback = mkLuaInline ''
+          function()
+            local ignore_filetypes = ${toLuaObject cfg.setupOpts.ignore_filetypes}
+            if vim.tbl_contains(ignore_filetypes, vim.bo.filetype) then
+              vim.b.miniindentscope_disable = true
+            end
+          end
+        '';
+        desc = "Disable indentscope for certain filetypes";
+        event = ["FileType"];
+      }
+    ];
+
     startPlugins = ["mini-indentscope"];
 
     pluginRC.mini-indentscope = entryAnywhere ''
diff --git a/modules/plugins/mini/indentscope/indentscope.nix b/modules/plugins/mini/indentscope/indentscope.nix
index 6feffaee..6a2224c8 100644
--- a/modules/plugins/mini/indentscope/indentscope.nix
+++ b/modules/plugins/mini/indentscope/indentscope.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
-{
-  config,
-  lib,
-  ...
-}: let
-  inherit (lib.options) mkEnableOption;
+{lib, ...}: let
+  inherit (lib.options) mkOption mkEnableOption;
   inherit (lib.nvim.types) mkPluginSetupOption;
+  inherit (lib.types) str listOf;
 in {
   options.vim.mini.indentscope = {
     enable = mkEnableOption "mini.indentscope";
-    setupOpts = mkPluginSetupOption "mini.indentscope" {};
+    setupOpts = mkPluginSetupOption "mini.indentscope" {
+      ignore_filetypes = mkOption {
+        type = listOf str;
+        default = ["help" "neo-tree" "notify" "NvimTree" "TelescopePrompt"];
+        description = "File types to ignore for illuminate";
+      };
+    };
   };
 }
diff --git a/modules/plugins/tabline/nvim-bufferline/nvim-bufferline.nix b/modules/plugins/tabline/nvim-bufferline/nvim-bufferline.nix
index 5a4f1ff0..997c9ba3 100644
--- a/modules/plugins/tabline/nvim-bufferline/nvim-bufferline.nix
+++ b/modules/plugins/tabline/nvim-bufferline/nvim-bufferline.nix
@@ -279,6 +279,12 @@ in {
               highlight = "Directory";
               separator = true;
             }
+            {
+              filetype = "neo-tree";
+              text = "File Explorer";
+              highlight = "Directory";
+              separator = true;
+            }
           ];
           description = "The windows to offset bufferline above, see `:help bufferline-offset`";
         };
diff --git a/modules/plugins/ui/illuminate/illuminate.nix b/modules/plugins/ui/illuminate/illuminate.nix
index b910101f..4096e73c 100644
--- a/modules/plugins/ui/illuminate/illuminate.nix
+++ b/modules/plugins/ui/illuminate/illuminate.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ in {
     setupOpts = mkPluginSetupOption "vim-illuminate" {
       filetypes_denylist = mkOption {
         type = listOf str;
-        default = ["dirvish" "fugitive" "NvimTree" "TelescopePrompt"];
+        default = ["dirvish" "fugitive" "help" "neo-tree" "notify" "NvimTree" "TelescopePrompt"];
         description = "Filetypes to not illuminate, this overrides `filetypes_allowlist`";
       };
     };