diff --git a/extra.nix b/extra.nix
index a91ff9b..60d6cf9 100644
--- a/extra.nix
+++ b/extra.nix
@@ -178,7 +178,15 @@ inputs: let
 
       vim.ui = {
         noice.enable = true;
-        smartcolumn.enable = true;
+        smartcolumn = {
+          enable = true;
+          columnAt.languages = {
+            # this is a freeform module, it's `buftype = int;` for configuring column position
+            nix = 110;
+            ruby = 120;
+            java = 130;
+          };
+        };
         colorizer.enable = true;
       };
 
diff --git a/lib/lua.nix b/lib/lua.nix
index b21c459..f665159 100644
--- a/lib/lua.nix
+++ b/lib/lua.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,32 @@
 # Helpers for converting values to lua
-{lib}: {
+{lib}: rec {
+  # yes? no.
   yesNo = value:
     if value
     then "yes"
     else "no";
 
+  # Convert a null value to lua's nil
   nullString = value:
     if value == null
     then "nil"
     else "'${value}'";
+
+  # Helper function to convert an attribute name to a Lua table key
+  attrToKey = name: name;
+
+  # Function to convert a Nix attrset to a Lua table
+  attrsetToLuaTable = attrset:
+    "{ "
+    + (
+      builtins.concatStringsSep ", "
+      (builtins.attrValues (
+        builtins.mapAttrs (
+          name: value:
+            attrToKey name + " = " + ("\"" + builtins.toJSON value + "\"")
+        )
+        attrset
+      ))
+    )
+    + " }";
 }
diff --git a/modules/ui/smartcolumn/config.nix b/modules/ui/smartcolumn/config.nix
index 6d017db..afa9fc7 100644
--- a/modules/ui/smartcolumn/config.nix
+++ b/modules/ui/smartcolumn/config.nix
@@ -18,13 +18,7 @@ in {
          colorcolumn = "${toString cfg.showColumnAt}",
          -- { "help", "text", "markdown", "NvimTree", "alpha"},
          disabled_filetypes = { ${concatStringsSep ", " (map (x: "\"" + x + "\"") cfg.disabledFiletypes)} },
-         custom_colorcolumn = {
-           -- TODO: use cfg.languages.<language>.columnAt when it's fixed to dynamically define per-language length
-           ruby = "120",
-           java = "120",
-           nix = "120",
-           markdown = "80",
-         },
+         custom_colorcolumn = ${nvim.lua.attrsetToLuaTable cfg.columnAt.languages},
          scope = "file",
       })
     '';
diff --git a/modules/ui/smartcolumn/smartcolumn.nix b/modules/ui/smartcolumn/smartcolumn.nix
index cad0899..1b965a0 100644
--- a/modules/ui/smartcolumn/smartcolumn.nix
+++ b/modules/ui/smartcolumn/smartcolumn.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,8 @@
-{
-  config,
-  lib,
-  ...
-}:
+{lib, ...}:
 with lib;
-with builtins; let
-  languageOpts = {
-    columnAt = mkOption {
-      type = types.nullOr types.int;
-      default = 80;
-    };
-  };
-in {
+with builtins; {
   options.vim.ui.smartcolumn = {
-    enable = mkEnableOption "Enable smartcolumn line length indicator";
+    enable = mkEnableOption "Enable Smartcolumn line length indicator";
 
     showColumnAt = mkOption {
       type = types.nullOr types.int;
@@ -27,15 +16,15 @@ in {
       description = "The filetypes smartcolumn will be disabled for.";
     };
 
-    /*
-    languages = mkOption {
-      default = {};
-      description = "Language specific configuration.";
-      type = with types;
-        attrsOf (submodule {
-          options = languageOpts;
-        });
+    columnAt = {
+      # TODO: the current implementation only allows for options such as { ruby = "120", java = "120" }
+      # whereas the lua config would allow { ruby = "120", java = { "180", "200"} }, this needs to be fixed in the custom lib
+      languages = lib.mkOption {
+        description = "The position at which smart column should be displayed for each individual buffer type";
+        type = lib.types.submodule {
+          freeformType = with lib.types; attrsOf int;
+        };
+      };
     };
-    */
   };
 }
diff --git a/modules/utility/ccc/config.nix b/modules/utility/ccc/config.nix
index 4ec2f16..1b04618 100644
--- a/modules/utility/ccc/config.nix
+++ b/modules/utility/ccc/config.nix
@@ -16,12 +16,6 @@ in {
       "ccc"
     ];
 
-    vim.maps.normal = mkMerge [
-      (mkSetLuaBinding mappings.quit "require('ccc').mapping.quit")
-      (mkSetLuaBinding mappings.increase10 "require('ccc').mapping.increase10")
-      (mkSetLuaBinding mappings.decrease10 "require('ccc').mapping.decrease10")
-    ];
-
     vim.luaConfigRC.ccc = nvim.dag.entryAnywhere ''
       local ccc = require("ccc")
       ccc.setup {
@@ -52,6 +46,11 @@ in {
       		{ ccc.picker.css_rgb, ccc.output.css_hsl },
       		{ ccc.picker.css_hsl, ccc.output.hex },
       	},
+      	mappings = {
+      		["q"] = ccc.mapping.quit,
+      		["L"] = ccc.mapping.increase10,
+      		["H"] = ccc.mapping.decrease10,
+      	},
       }
     '';
   };