diff --git a/docs/manual.xml b/docs/manual.xml
index 7184dbb1..b16baa1f 100644
--- a/docs/manual.xml
+++ b/docs/manual.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
  <xi:include href="manual/default-configs.xml"/>
  <xi:include href="manual/custom-configs.xml"/>
  <xi:include href="manual/custom-plugins.xml"/>
+ <xi:include href="manual/custom-package.xml"/>
  <xi:include href="manual/home-manager.xml"/>
  <xi:include href="manual/languages.xml"/>
  <appendix xml:id="ch-options">
diff --git a/docs/manual/custom-package.adoc b/docs/manual/custom-package.adoc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..64c043c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/manual/custom-package.adoc
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[[ch-custom-package]]
+== Custom Neovim Package
+
+As of v0.5, you may now specify the neovim package that will be wrapped with your configuration. This is done with the `vim.package` option.
+
+[source,nix]
+----
+{inputs, pkgs, ...}: {
+  # using the neovim-nightly overlay
+  config.vim.package = inputs.neovim-overlay.packages.${pkgs.system}.neovim;
+}
+----
+
+The neovim-nightly-overlay always exposes an unwrapped package. If using a different source, you are highly recommended to get an "unwrapped" version of the neovim package,similar to `neovim-unwrapped` in nixpkgs.
diff --git a/docs/release-notes/rl-0.5.adoc b/docs/release-notes/rl-0.5.adoc
index f6416fb3..5b45d110 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/rl-0.5.adoc
+++ b/docs/release-notes/rl-0.5.adoc
@@ -41,3 +41,5 @@ https://github.com/notashelf[notashelf]:
 * Added lsp_lines plugin for showing diagnostic messages
 
 * Added a configuration option for choosing the leader key
+
+* The package used for neovim is now customizable by the user, using <<opt-vim.package>>. For best results, always use an unwrapped package.
diff --git a/modules/basic/config.nix b/modules/basic/config.nix
index 6e4237c3..93293467 100644
--- a/modules/basic/config.nix
+++ b/modules/basic/config.nix
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ in {
       ${optionalString (!cfg.enableEditorconfig) ''
         let g:editorconfig = v:false
       ''}
-      ${optionalString (cfg.spellChecking.enable) ''
+      ${optionalString cfg.spellChecking.enable ''
         set spell
         set spelllang=${toString cfg.spellChecking.language}
       ''}
diff --git a/modules/basic/module.nix b/modules/basic/module.nix
index 3f8e49a7..17936073 100644
--- a/modules/basic/module.nix
+++ b/modules/basic/module.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
 {
+  pkgs,
   lib,
-  config,
   ...
 }:
 with lib;
 with builtins; {
   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 {
diff --git a/modules/default.nix b/modules/default.nix
index 1e06398c..815055c9 100644
--- a/modules/default.nix
+++ b/modules/default.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ inputs: {
   extraSpecialArgs ? {},
 }: let
   inherit (pkgs) neovim-unwrapped wrapNeovim vimPlugins;
-  inherit (builtins) map filter isString toString getAttr hasAttr attrNames;
+  inherit (builtins) map filter isString toString getAttr;
   inherit (pkgs.vimUtils) buildVimPluginFrom2Nix;
 
   extendedLib = import ../lib/stdlib-extended.nix lib;
@@ -18,11 +18,7 @@ inputs: {
 
   module = extendedLib.evalModules {
     modules = [configuration] ++ nvimModules;
-    specialArgs =
-      {
-        modulesPath = toString ./.;
-      }
-      // extraSpecialArgs;
+    specialArgs = {modulesPath = toString ./.;} // extraSpecialArgs;
   };
 
   buildPlug = {pname, ...} @ args:
@@ -59,9 +55,10 @@ inputs: {
       (f: f != null)
       plugins);
 
-  neovim = wrapNeovim neovim-unwrapped {
-    viAlias = vimOptions.viAlias;
-    vimAlias = vimOptions.vimAlias;
+  neovim = wrapNeovim vimOptions.package {
+    inherit (vimOptions) viAlias;
+    inherit (vimOptions) vimAlias;
+
     configure = {
       customRC = vimOptions.builtConfigRC;
 
@@ -72,7 +69,6 @@ inputs: {
     };
   };
 in {
-  imports = [./assertions.nix];
   inherit (module) options config;
   inherit (module._module.args) pkgs;
   inherit neovim;