diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 41139505..a2d18005 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ External Requirements:
 - Basic utils: `git`, `make`, `unzip`, C Compiler (`gcc`)
 - [ripgrep](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep#installation),
   [fd-find](https://github.com/sharkdp/fd#installation)
+- [tree-sitter CLI](https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter/blob/master/crates/cli/README.md#installation)
 - Clipboard tool (xclip/xsel/win32yank or other depending on the platform)
 - A [Nerd Font](https://www.nerdfonts.com/): optional, provides various icons
   - if you have it set `vim.g.have_nerd_font` in `init.lua` to true
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ winget install --accept-source-agreements chocolatey.chocolatey
 2. install all requirements using choco, exit the previous cmd and
 open a new one so that choco path is set, and run in cmd as **admin**:
 ```
-choco install -y neovim git ripgrep wget fd unzip gzip mingw make
+choco install -y neovim git ripgrep wget fd unzip gzip mingw make tree-sitter
 ```
 </details>
 <details><summary>WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)</summary>
@@ -195,7 +196,7 @@ wsl --install
 wsl
 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:neovim-ppa/unstable -y
 sudo apt update
-sudo apt install make gcc ripgrep unzip git xclip neovim
+sudo apt install make gcc ripgrep fd-find treesitter-cli unzip git xclip neovim
 ```
 </details>
 
@@ -205,14 +206,14 @@ sudo apt install make gcc ripgrep unzip git xclip neovim
 ```
 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:neovim-ppa/unstable -y
 sudo apt update
-sudo apt install make gcc ripgrep unzip git xclip neovim
+sudo apt install make gcc ripgrep fd-find treesitter-cli unzip git xclip neovim
 ```
 </details>
 <details><summary>Debian Install Steps</summary>
 
 ```
 sudo apt update
-sudo apt install make gcc ripgrep unzip git xclip curl
+sudo apt install make gcc ripgrep fd-find tree-sitter-cli unzip git xclip curl
 
 # Now we install nvim
 curl -LO https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/latest/download/nvim-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
@@ -228,14 +229,14 @@ sudo ln -sf /opt/nvim-linux-x86_64/bin/nvim /usr/local/bin/
 <details><summary>Fedora Install Steps</summary>
 
 ```
-sudo dnf install -y gcc make git ripgrep fd-find unzip neovim
+sudo dnf install -y gcc make git ripgrep fd-find tree-sitter-cli unzip neovim
 ```
 </details>
 
 <details><summary>Arch Install Steps</summary>
 
 ```
-sudo pacman -S --noconfirm --needed gcc make git ripgrep fd unzip neovim
+sudo pacman -S --noconfirm --needed gcc make git ripgrep fd tree-sitter-cli unzip neovim
 ```
 </details>
 
diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
index b98ffc61..79cddf7f 100644
--- a/init.lua
+++ b/init.lua
@@ -940,28 +940,65 @@ require('lazy').setup({
   },
   { -- Highlight, edit, and navigate code
     'nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter',
+    lazy = false,
     build = ':TSUpdate',
-    main = 'nvim-treesitter.configs', -- Sets main module to use for opts
-    -- [[ Configure Treesitter ]] See `:help nvim-treesitter`
-    opts = {
-      ensure_installed = { 'bash', 'c', 'diff', 'html', 'lua', 'luadoc', 'markdown', 'markdown_inline', 'query', 'vim', 'vimdoc' },
-      -- Autoinstall languages that are not installed
-      auto_install = true,
-      highlight = {
-        enable = true,
-        -- Some languages depend on vim's regex highlighting system (such as Ruby) for indent rules.
-        --  If you are experiencing weird indenting issues, add the language to
-        --  the list of additional_vim_regex_highlighting and disabled languages for indent.
-        additional_vim_regex_highlighting = { 'ruby' },
-      },
-      indent = { enable = true, disable = { 'ruby' } },
-    },
+    branch = 'main',
+    -- [[ Configure Treesitter ]] See `:help nvim-treesitter-intro`
+    config = function()
+      ---@param buf integer
+      ---@param language string
+      ---@return boolean
+      local function treesitter_attach(buf, language)
+        -- check if parser exists before starting highlighter
+        if not vim.treesitter.language.add(language) then
+          return false
+        end
+        -- enables syntax highlighting and other treesitter features
+        vim.treesitter.start(buf, language)
+
+        -- enables treesitter based folds
+        -- for more info on folds see `:help folds`
+        -- vim.wo.foldexpr = 'v:lua.vim.treesitter.foldexpr()'
+
+        -- enables treesitter based indentation
+        vim.bo.indentexpr = "v:lua.require'nvim-treesitter'.indentexpr()"
+        return true
+      end
+
+      local available_parsers = require('nvim-treesitter.config').get_available()
+      vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd('FileType', {
+        callback = function(args)
+          local buf, filetype = args.buf, args.match
+          local language = vim.treesitter.language.get_lang(filetype)
+          if not language then
+            return
+          end
+
+          if not (treesitter_attach(buf, language) or vim.tbl_contains(available_parsers, language)) then
+            return
+          end
+
+          -- automaically install parser for missing languages
+          -- attempt to install even if it is available accoring to `vim.treesitter.langauge.add()`,
+          -- to ensure the latest version is installed using `nvim-treesitter`, instead of the outdated vendored parser
+          if not vim.tbl_contains(require('nvim-treesitter.config').get_installed 'parsers', language) then
+            -- attempt to start highlighter after installing missing language
+            require('nvim-treesitter.install').install(language):await(function()
+              treesitter_attach(buf, language)
+            end)
+          end
+        end,
+      })
+
+      -- ensure basic parser are installed
+      local parsers = { 'bash', 'c', 'diff', 'html', 'lua', 'luadoc', 'markdown', 'markdown_inline', 'query', 'vim', 'vimdoc' }
+      require('nvim-treesitter').install(parsers)
+    end,
     -- There are additional nvim-treesitter modules that you can use to interact
     -- with nvim-treesitter. You should go explore a few and see what interests you:
     --
-    --    - Incremental selection: Included, see `:help nvim-treesitter-incremental-selection-mod`
     --    - Show your current context: https://github.com/nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter-context
-    --    - Treesitter + textobjects: https://github.com/nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter-textobjects
+    --    - Treesitter + textobjects: https://github.com/nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter-textobjects (using the `main` branch)
   },
 
   -- The following comments only work if you have downloaded the kickstart repo, not just copy pasted the