diff --git a/home/apps/vscode.nix b/home/apps/vscode.nix
index 068fdb3..a434088 100644
--- a/home/apps/vscode.nix
+++ b/home/apps/vscode.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ in {
   programs.vscode = {
     enable = true;
     extensions = with pkgs.vscode-marketplace; [
+      pkgs.vscode-extensions.valentjn.vscode-ltex
       adrianwilczynski.alpine-js-intellisense
       antfu.icons-carbon
       astro-build.astro-vscode
@@ -49,7 +50,6 @@ in {
       tomoki1207.pdf
       unifiedjs.vscode-mdx
       usernamehw.errorlens
-      valentjn.vscode-ltex
       vscodevim.vim
       webfreak.code-d
     ];
diff --git a/home/apps/vscode/settings.json b/home/apps/vscode/settings.json
index 06770d0..0a35124 100644
--- a/home/apps/vscode/settings.json
+++ b/home/apps/vscode/settings.json
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@
   "workbench.enableExperiments": false,
   "workbench.settings.enableNaturalLanguageSearch": false,
 
+  // natural language
+  "ltex.language": "en-US",
+
   // language-specific settings
   "d.alwaysShowDubStatusButtons": true,
   "d.servedReleaseChannel": "beta",