diff --git a/nvim/lua/plugins/lsp/completion.lua b/nvim/lua/plugins/lsp/completion.lua
index 8f81ebc..20c8802 100644
--- a/nvim/lua/plugins/lsp/completion.lua
+++ b/nvim/lua/plugins/lsp/completion.lua
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ local trigger_chars_add = { "-", "*", "@", "$" }
 return {
     "saghen/blink.cmp",
     -- optional: provides snippets for the snippet source
-    dependencies = { "rafamadriz/friendly-snippets" },
+    dependencies = { "rafamadriz/friendly-snippets", "L3MON4D3/LuaSnip" },
 
     -- use a release tag to download pre-built binaries
     version = "1.*",
@@ -42,13 +42,23 @@ return {
 
         -- (Default) Only show the documentation popup when manually triggered
         completion = {
-            documentation = { auto_show = true, auto_show_delay_ms = 500 },
-            trigger = {},
+            documentation = {
+                auto_show = true,
+                auto_show_delay_ms = 500,
+            },
             list = {
-                cycle = { from_top = true, from_bottom = true },
+                cycle = {
+                    from_top = true,
+                    from_bottom = true,
+                },
                 selection = {
                     auto_insert = false,
                 },
+                auto_brackets = {
+                    kind_resolution = {
+                        blocked_filetypes = { "typescriptreact", "javascriptreact", "vue", "latex", "tex" },
+                    },
+                },
             },
             ghost_text = {
                 enabled = true,
@@ -80,6 +90,13 @@ return {
             },
         },
 
+        snippets = {
+            preset = "luasnip",
+            opts = {
+                clipboard_register = nil,
+            },
+        },
+
         -- (Default) Rust fuzzy matcher for typo resistance and significantly better performance
         -- You may use a lua implementation instead by using `implementation = "lua"` or fallback to the lua implementation,
         -- when the Rust fuzzy matcher is not available, by using `implementation = "prefer_rust"`
diff --git a/nvim/lua/plugins/lsp/lspconfig.lua b/nvim/lua/plugins/lsp/lspconfig.lua
index e2e73c5..c2f2c55 100755
--- a/nvim/lua/plugins/lsp/lspconfig.lua
+++ b/nvim/lua/plugins/lsp/lspconfig.lua
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ return {
 			vim.fn.sign_define(hl, { text = icon, texthl = hl, numhl = "" })
 		end
 
+		local luasnip = require("luasnip")
+
+		-- loads vscode style snippets from installed plugins (e.g. friendly-snippets)
+		require("luasnip.loaders.from_vscode").lazy_load()
+		require("luasnip.loaders.from_vscode").load({ paths = { "~/.config/nvim/snippets" } })
+		luasnip.setup({})
+
 		-- ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 		--          ╭───────────────────────────────────────────────╮
 		--          │        Import configs from other files        │