diff --git a/lua/custom/plugins/neo-tree.lua b/lua/custom/plugins/neo-tree.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1d0fbebd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/custom/plugins/neo-tree.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+-- Neo-tree is a Neovim plugin to browse the file system
+-- https://github.com/nvim-neo-tree/neo-tree.nvim
+
+return {
+  'nvim-neo-tree/neo-tree.nvim',
+  version = '*',
+  dependencies = {
+    'nvim-lua/plenary.nvim',
+    'nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons', -- not strictly required, but recommended
+    'MunifTanjim/nui.nvim',
+  },
+  auto_close = true,
+  auto_open = false,
+  lazy = false,
+  keys = {
+    { '\\', ':Neotree reveal<CR>', desc = 'NeoTree reveal', silent = true },
+  },
+  opts = {
+    filesystem = {
+      filtered_items = {
+        visible = true,
+        hide_dotfiles = true,
+        hide_gitignored = true,
+      },
+      window = {
+        mappings = {
+          ['\\'] = 'close_window',
+        },
+        position = 'left',
+        width = '20',
+      },
+      hijack_netrw_behavior = 'open_default',
+    },
+  },
+}
diff --git a/lua/kickstart/plugins/neo-tree.lua b/lua/kickstart/plugins/neo-tree.lua
index b248c22d..69ff09c7 100644
--- a/lua/kickstart/plugins/neo-tree.lua
+++ b/lua/kickstart/plugins/neo-tree.lua
@@ -1,34 +1,4 @@
 -- Neo-tree is a Neovim plugin to browse the file system
 -- https://github.com/nvim-neo-tree/neo-tree.nvim
 
-return {
-  'nvim-neo-tree/neo-tree.nvim',
-  version = '*',
-  dependencies = {
-    'nvim-lua/plenary.nvim',
-    'nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons', -- not strictly required, but recommended
-    'MunifTanjim/nui.nvim',
-  },
-  auto_close = true,
-  auto_open = false,
-  lazy = false,
-  keys = {
-    { '\\', ':Neotree reveal<CR>', desc = 'NeoTree reveal', silent = true },
-  },
-  opts = {
-    filesystem = {
-      filtered_items = {
-        hide_dotfiles = false,
-        hide_gitignored = false,
-      },
-      window = {
-        mappings = {
-          ['\\'] = 'close_window',
-        },
-        position = 'left',
-        width = '20',
-      },
-      hijack_netrw_behavior = 'open_default',
-    },
-  },
-}
+return {}