diff --git a/configuration.nix b/configuration.nix
index de778d5..c3431af 100644
--- a/configuration.nix
+++ b/configuration.nix
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ inputs: let
         };
       };
 
+      vim.spellcheck.vim-dirtytalk.enable = true;
+
       vim.lsp = {
         formatOnSave = true;
         lspkind.enable = false;
diff --git a/modules/modules.nix b/modules/modules.nix
index b9704d3..8c34046 100644
--- a/modules/modules.nix
+++ b/modules/modules.nix
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
     "rich-presence"
     "session"
     "snippets"
+    "spellcheck"
     "statusline"
     "tabline"
     "terminal"
diff --git a/modules/neovim/basic/spellcheck.nix b/modules/neovim/basic/spellcheck.nix
index d6e9b92..c0644d6 100644
--- a/modules/neovim/basic/spellcheck.nix
+++ b/modules/neovim/basic/spellcheck.nix
@@ -5,17 +5,15 @@
 }: let
   inherit (lib.modules) mkIf;
   inherit (lib.options) mkEnableOption literalExpression mkOption;
-  inherit (lib.strings) concatStringsSep optionalString;
+  inherit (lib.strings) concatStringsSep;
   inherit (lib.lists) optionals;
   inherit (lib.types) listOf str;
   inherit (lib.nvim.dag) entryAfter;
 
   cfg = config.vim.spellChecking;
-  languages = cfg.languages ++ optionals cfg.enableProgrammingWordList ["programming"];
 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 = listOf str;
       default = ["en"];
@@ -26,12 +24,10 @@ in {
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
     vim = {
-      startPlugins = optionals cfg.spellChecking.enableProgrammingWordList ["vim-dirtytalk"];
       configRC.spellchecking = entryAfter ["basic"] ''
-        ${optionalString cfg.enable ''
-          set spell
-          set spelllang=${concatStringsSep "," languages}
-        ''}
+        " Spellchecking
+        set spell
+        set spelllang=${concatStringsSep "," cfg.languages}
       '';
     };
   };
diff --git a/modules/plugins/spellcheck/default.nix b/modules/plugins/spellcheck/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c7bf24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/plugins/spellcheck/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  imports = [
+    ./vim-dirtytalk
+  ];
+}
diff --git a/modules/plugins/spellcheck/vim-dirtytalk/config.nix b/modules/plugins/spellcheck/vim-dirtytalk/config.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3057ac1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/plugins/spellcheck/vim-dirtytalk/config.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  config,
+  lib,
+  ...
+}: let
+  inherit (lib.modules) mkIf;
+  inherit (lib.nvim.dag) entryAfter;
+  cfg = config.vim.spellcheck;
+in {
+  config = mkIf cfg.vim-dirtytalk.enable {
+    vim = {
+      startPlugins = ["vim-dirtytalk"];
+
+      # vim-dirtytalk doesn't have any setup
+      # but we would like to append programming to spelllang
+      # as soon as possible while the plugin is enabled
+      luaConfigRC.vim-dirtytalk = entryAfter ["basic"] ''
+        -- append programming to spelllang
+        vim.opt.spelllang:append("programming")
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/modules/plugins/spellcheck/vim-dirtytalk/default.nix b/modules/plugins/spellcheck/vim-dirtytalk/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..300c477
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/plugins/spellcheck/vim-dirtytalk/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  imports = [
+    ./config.nix
+    ./vim-dirtytalk.nix
+  ];
+}
diff --git a/modules/plugins/spellcheck/vim-dirtytalk/vim-dirtytalk.nix b/modules/plugins/spellcheck/vim-dirtytalk/vim-dirtytalk.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7c59b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/plugins/spellcheck/vim-dirtytalk/vim-dirtytalk.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{lib, ...}: let
+  inherit (lib.options) mkEnableOption;
+in {
+  options.vim.spellcheck.vim-dirtytalk = {
+    enable = mkEnableOption "vim-dirtytalk, a wordlist for programmers, that includes programming words";
+  };
+}