diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6fa2256
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+configs/nvim/plugin/packer_compiled.lua
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/configs/nvim/lua/plugins/init.lua b/configs/nvim/lua/plugins/init.lua
index 546000f..e2f5187 100644
--- a/configs/nvim/lua/plugins/init.lua
+++ b/configs/nvim/lua/plugins/init.lua
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ function configure_packages()
     call_with_helpers(require('plugins.nvim-web-devicons').init)
     call_with_helpers(require('plugins.nvim-comment').init)
     call_with_helpers(require('plugins.nvim-autopairs').init)
+    call_with_helpers(require('plugins.nvim-notify').init)
 end
 
 function install_packages()
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ function install_packages()
     -- Telescope project search
     use {
         'nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim',
-        requires = {{'nvim-lua/popup.nvim'}, {'nvim-lua/plenary.nvim'}}
+        requires = {{'nvim-lua/popup.nvim'}, {'nvim-lua/plenary.nvim'}, {'nvim-lua/popup.nvim'}}
     }
 
     use 'nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter'
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ function install_packages()
     use 'kyazdani42/nvim-tree.lua'
     use 'kdheepak/lazygit.nvim'
     use 'terrortylor/nvim-comment'
+    use 'rcarriga/nvim-notify'          -- fancy notification
     use 'mhinz/vim-startify'            -- The fancy start screen for Vim.
 end
 
diff --git a/configs/nvim/lua/plugins/nvim-notify.lua b/configs/nvim/lua/plugins/nvim-notify.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3b52d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/nvim/lua/plugins/nvim-notify.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+local function init()
+    vim.notify = require("notify")
+end
+
+return {
+    init = init
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/configs/nvim/plugin/packer_compiled.lua b/configs/nvim/plugin/packer_compiled.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index 2662fdd..0000000
--- a/configs/nvim/plugin/packer_compiled.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,149 +0,0 @@
--- Automatically generated packer.nvim plugin loader code
-
-if vim.api.nvim_call_function('has', {'nvim-0.5'}) ~= 1 then
-  vim.api.nvim_command('echohl WarningMsg | echom "Invalid Neovim version for packer.nvim! | echohl None"')
-  return
-end
-
-vim.api.nvim_command('packadd packer.nvim')
-
-local no_errors, error_msg = pcall(function()
-
-  local time
-  local profile_info
-  local should_profile = false
-  if should_profile then
-    local hrtime = vim.loop.hrtime
-    profile_info = {}
-    time = function(chunk, start)
-      if start then
-        profile_info[chunk] = hrtime()
-      else
-        profile_info[chunk] = (hrtime() - profile_info[chunk]) / 1e6
-      end
-    end
-  else
-    time = function(chunk, start) end
-  end
-  
-local function save_profiles(threshold)
-  local sorted_times = {}
-  for chunk_name, time_taken in pairs(profile_info) do
-    sorted_times[#sorted_times + 1] = {chunk_name, time_taken}
-  end
-  table.sort(sorted_times, function(a, b) return a[2] > b[2] end)
-  local results = {}
-  for i, elem in ipairs(sorted_times) do
-    if not threshold or threshold and elem[2] > threshold then
-      results[i] = elem[1] .. ' took ' .. elem[2] .. 'ms'
-    end
-  end
-
-  _G._packer = _G._packer or {}
-  _G._packer.profile_output = results
-end
-
-time([[Luarocks path setup]], true)
-local package_path_str = "/home/florian/.cache/nvim/packer_hererocks/2.1.0-beta3/share/lua/5.1/?.lua;/home/florian/.cache/nvim/packer_hererocks/2.1.0-beta3/share/lua/5.1/?/init.lua;/home/florian/.cache/nvim/packer_hererocks/2.1.0-beta3/lib/luarocks/rocks-5.1/?.lua;/home/florian/.cache/nvim/packer_hererocks/2.1.0-beta3/lib/luarocks/rocks-5.1/?/init.lua"
-local install_cpath_pattern = "/home/florian/.cache/nvim/packer_hererocks/2.1.0-beta3/lib/lua/5.1/?.so"
-if not string.find(package.path, package_path_str, 1, true) then
-  package.path = package.path .. ';' .. package_path_str
-end
-
-if not string.find(package.cpath, install_cpath_pattern, 1, true) then
-  package.cpath = package.cpath .. ';' .. install_cpath_pattern
-end
-
-time([[Luarocks path setup]], false)
-time([[try_loadstring definition]], true)
-local function try_loadstring(s, component, name)
-  local success, result = pcall(loadstring(s))
-  if not success then
-    vim.schedule(function()
-      vim.api.nvim_notify('packer.nvim: Error running ' .. component .. ' for ' .. name .. ': ' .. result, vim.log.levels.ERROR, {})
-    end)
-  end
-  return result
-end
-
-time([[try_loadstring definition]], false)
-time([[Defining packer_plugins]], true)
-_G.packer_plugins = {
-  ["lazygit.nvim"] = {
-    loaded = true,
-    path = "/home/florian/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/lazygit.nvim"
-  },
-  ["moonlight.nvim"] = {
-    loaded = true,
-    path = "/home/florian/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/moonlight.nvim"
-  },
-  ["nvim-autopairs"] = {
-    loaded = true,
-    path = "/home/florian/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-autopairs"
-  },
-  ["nvim-comment"] = {
-    loaded = true,
-    path = "/home/florian/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-comment"
-  },
-  ["nvim-compe"] = {
-    loaded = true,
-    path = "/home/florian/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-compe"
-  },
-  ["nvim-lspconfig"] = {
-    loaded = true,
-    path = "/home/florian/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-lspconfig"
-  },
-  ["nvim-lspinstall"] = {
-    loaded = true,
-    path = "/home/florian/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-lspinstall"
-  },
-  ["nvim-tree.lua"] = {
-    loaded = true,
-    path = "/home/florian/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-tree.lua"
-  },
-  ["nvim-treesitter"] = {
-    loaded = true,
-    path = "/home/florian/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-treesitter"
-  },
-  ["nvim-web-devicons"] = {
-    loaded = true,
-    path = "/home/florian/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-web-devicons"
-  },
-  ["packer.nvim"] = {
-    loaded = true,
-    path = "/home/florian/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/packer.nvim"
-  },
-  ["plenary.nvim"] = {
-    loaded = true,
-    path = "/home/florian/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/plenary.nvim"
-  },
-  ["popup.nvim"] = {
-    loaded = true,
-    path = "/home/florian/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/popup.nvim"
-  },
-  ["telescope.nvim"] = {
-    loaded = true,
-    path = "/home/florian/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/telescope.nvim"
-  },
-  vim = {
-    loaded = true,
-    path = "/home/florian/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/vim"
-  },
-  ["vim-gotham"] = {
-    loaded = true,
-    path = "/home/florian/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/vim-gotham"
-  },
-  ["vim-startify"] = {
-    loaded = true,
-    path = "/home/florian/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/vim-startify"
-  }
-}
-
-time([[Defining packer_plugins]], false)
-if should_profile then save_profiles() end
-
-end)
-
-if not no_errors then
-  vim.api.nvim_command('echohl ErrorMsg | echom "Error in packer_compiled: '..error_msg..'" | echom "Please check your config for correctness" | echohl None')
-end