diff --git a/init.sh b/init.sh
index 47c4d43..195d869 100755
--- a/init.sh
+++ b/init.sh
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ ln -s $HOME/.dotfiles/nvim/   $HOME/.config/nvim
 ln -s $HOME/.dotfiles/tmux/   $HOME/.config/tmux
 ln -s $HOME/.dotfiles/zellij/ $HOME/.config/zellij
 ln -s $HOME/.dotfiles/mygvm/ $HOME/.config/mygvm
+ln -s $HOME/.dotfiles/myzvm/ $HOME/.config/myzvm
 ln -s $HOME/.config/nvim/init.vim $HOME/.vimrc
 mv $HOME/.zshrc $HOME/.zshrc.bak && ln -s $HOME/.config/zsh/.zshrc $HOME/.zshrc
 
@@ -56,6 +57,13 @@ sudo ln -s $HOME/.dotfiles/mygvm/mygvm /usr/local/bin/mygvm
 # Install Go
 mygvm install go1.22.0
 
+# Install myzvm
+mkdir -p $HOME/.zig/downloads
+sudo ln -s $HOME/.dotfiles/myzvm/myzvm /usr/local/bin/myzvm
+
+# Install Zig
+myzvm install nightly
+
 # Install merge-main.sh
 mkdir -p $HOME/.local/bin
 sudo ln -s $HOME/.dotfiles/zsh/merge-main.sh $HOME/.local/bin/merge-main.sh
diff --git a/mygvm/mygvm b/mygvm/mygvm
index 17d0fe5..088511a 100755
--- a/mygvm/mygvm
+++ b/mygvm/mygvm
@@ -148,11 +148,23 @@ elif [[ $1 == 'uninstall' ]]; then
 elif [[ $1 == 'install' ]]; then
     install_version $2
 elif [[ $1 == 'use' ]]; then
-    check_exists $2
-    if [[ $exists == true ]]; then
-        link_version $2
+    if [[ $2 == 'local' ]]; then
+        go_mod_json=$(go mod edit -json)
+        if [[ $? == 1 ]]; then
+            echo "unable to find go.mod"
+            echo "using $(go version)"
+            exit 1
+        else
+            version_to_use=go$(jq -r .Go <<< $go_mod_json)
+        fi
     else
-        prompt_install $2
+        version_to_use=$2
+    fi
+    check_exists $version_to_use
+    if [[ $exists == true ]]; then
+        link_version $version_to_use
+    else
+        prompt_install $version_to_use
     fi
     install_modules
 elif [[ $1 == 'modules' ]]; then
diff --git a/myzvm/myzvm b/myzvm/myzvm
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4b30031
--- /dev/null
+++ b/myzvm/myzvm
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+list_versions() {
+    echo "installed versions:"
+    for i in "$HOME"/.zig/zig0*; do basename "$i"; done
+    echo ""
+}
+
+install_version() {
+    check_valid_patch $1
+    if [[ $valid != 'true' ]]; then
+        echo "invalid version $1"
+        echo "using $(zig version)"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    fname="$HOME/.zig/downloads/zig-$zigos-$zigarch-$1"
+    tarball_name="$fname.tar.xz"
+
+    url_subdir="download/$1"
+    if [[ $1 =~ .*dev.* ]]; then
+        url_subdir="builds"
+    fi
+
+    if [[ ! -f $fname ]]; then
+        curl -Lo $tarball_name https://ziglang.org/$url_subdir/zig-$zigos-$zigarch-$1.tar.xz
+    fi
+    cd $download_dir
+    tar -xJf $tarball_name
+    mv $fname/ ../$1
+    check_exists $1
+    link_version $1
+
+    install_modules
+}
+
+link_version() {
+    if [[ $exists == 'true' ]]; then
+        ln -sfn $zig_dir/$1 $zig_dir/zig
+    fi
+}
+
+check_valid_minor() {
+    if [[ $1 =~ 0\.[0-9]{1,2} ]]; then
+        valid='true'
+    fi
+}
+
+check_valid_patch() {
+    if [[ $1 =~ 0\.[0-9]{1,2}\.[0-9]{1,2}.* ]]; then
+        valid='true'
+    fi
+}
+
+check_exists() {
+    if [[ -d $zig_dir/$1 ]]; then
+        exists='true'
+    fi
+}
+
+remove_version() {
+    check_exists $1
+    if [[ $exists == 'true' ]]; then
+        if [[ $current_link == $1 ]]; then
+            echo "cannot remove version $1 because it is currently in use"
+        else
+            rm -rf $zig_dir/$1
+            echo "removed version $1"
+        fi
+    else
+        echo "version $1 not installed"
+    fi
+}
+
+get_latest_patch_for_minor() {
+    version=$(curl -s "https://ziglang.org/download/index.json" | grep -o "zig-linux-x86_64-$1.*.tar.xz" | head -n 1 | tr -d '\r\n' | sed 's/zig-linux-x86_64-\(.*\).tar.xz/\1/g')
+    if [[ $version == '' ]]; then
+        echo "could not determine latest version for $1."
+        exit 1
+    else
+        echo "latest $1 patch: $version"
+    fi
+}
+
+get_latest_patch_for_nightly() {
+    get_latest_patch_for_minor
+}
+
+prompt_install() {
+    if [[ "$1" == "" ]]; then
+        echo "installing nightly build"
+        valid=true
+        get_latest_patch_for_nightly
+    else 
+        echo "$1 not found in $zig_dir"
+        list_versions
+        check_valid_patch $1
+        version=$1
+    fi
+
+    if [[ $valid == 'true' ]]; then
+        echo "attempt to download and install? [y/n]"
+        read input
+        if [[ $input == 'y' ]]; then
+            install_version $version
+        fi
+    else
+        check_valid_minor $version
+        if [[ $valid == 'true' ]]; then
+            get_latest_patch_for_minor $version
+            check_exists $version
+            if [[ $exists == 'true' ]]; then
+               link_version $version
+            else
+                prompt_install $version
+            fi
+        else
+            echo "invalid version $version"
+            echo "using $(zig version)"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    fi
+}
+
+install_modules() {
+    echo "no modules to install for zig"
+}
+#     fname="$HOME/.config/mygvm/modules_to_install"
+#     echo "attempting to install nvim required binaries and modules at $fname"
+#     [[ ! -f $fname ]] && echo "no modules file at $fname" && return
+
+#     while IFS= read -r line; do
+#     if [[ "$line" != "" ]]; then 
+#         echo "running go install $line"
+#         go install $line
+#     fi
+#     done < "$HOME/.config/mygvm/modules_to_install"
+
+#     [[ $(which nvim) ]] && nvim --headless +GoInstallBinaries +q
+#     echo ""
+# }
+
+zig_dir="$HOME/.zig"
+download_dir="$zig_dir/downloads"
+mkdir -p "$download_dir"
+current_link=$(basename $(readlink $HOME/.zig/zig))
+uname_m=$(uname -m)
+zigarch='x86_64'
+if [[ $uname_m == 'arm64' || $uname_m == 'aarch64' ]]; then
+    zigarch='aarch64'
+fi
+zigos='linux'
+if [[ $(uname) == 'Darwin' ]]; then
+    zigos='darwin'
+fi
+valid='false'
+exists='false'
+
+version=''
+
+check_exists $1
+if [[ $1 == '' ]]; then
+    list_versions
+elif [[ $1 == 'list' ]]; then
+    list_versions
+elif [[ $1 == 'remove' ]]; then
+    remove_version $2
+elif [[ $1 == 'uninstall' ]]; then
+    remove_version $2
+elif [[ $1 == 'install' ]]; then
+    install_version $2
+elif [[ $1 == 'use' ]]; then
+    if [[ $2 == 'nightly' ]]; then
+        version_to_use=
+        exists=false
+    else
+        version_to_use=$2
+        check_exists $version_to_use
+    fi
+    if [[ $exists == true ]]; then
+        link_version $version_to_use
+    else
+        prompt_install $version_to_use
+    fi
+    install_modules
+elif [[ $1 == 'modules' ]]; then
+    install_modules
+elif [[ $exists == 'true' ]]; then
+    link_version $1
+else
+    prompt_install $1
+fi
+
+echo "using $(zig version)"
+
diff --git a/nvim/lua/lsp.lua b/nvim/lua/lsp.lua
index afd3001..1c1441c 100644
--- a/nvim/lua/lsp.lua
+++ b/nvim/lua/lsp.lua
@@ -99,3 +99,13 @@ require('lspconfig')['lua_ls'].setup {
         Lua = {}
     }
 }
+require('lspconfig')['zls'].setup {
+    on_attach = on_attach,
+    capabilities = capabilities,
+    cmd = { '/home/jacob/src/github.com/zigtools/zls/zig-out/bin/zls' },
+  settings = {
+    zls = {
+      zig_exe_path = '/home/jacob/.zig/zig/zig',
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/nvim/lua/plugins/init.lua b/nvim/lua/plugins/init.lua
index e19abf9..ddbb738 100644
--- a/nvim/lua/plugins/init.lua
+++ b/nvim/lua/plugins/init.lua
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ Plug 'nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter'
 
 Plug('nvim-telescope/telescope-fzf-native.nvim', { ['do'] = 'cmake -S. -Bbuild -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release && cmake --build build --config Release && cmake --install build --prefix build' })
 
+Plug('nvim-telescope/telescope-live-grep-args.nvim')
+
 Plug 'nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim'
 
 Plug 'airblade/vim-gitgutter'
@@ -60,6 +62,8 @@ Plug 'jamestthompson3/nvim-remote-containers'
 
 Plug 'epwalsh/obsidian.nvim'
 
+Plug 'ziglang/zig.vim'
+
 vim.call('plug#end')
 
 require("plugins/airline")
diff --git a/nvim/lua/plugins/telescope.lua b/nvim/lua/plugins/telescope.lua
index 0ab4ada..124fa46 100644
--- a/nvim/lua/plugins/telescope.lua
+++ b/nvim/lua/plugins/telescope.lua
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 local map = vim.api.nvim_set_keymap
 
+require("telescope").load_extension("live_grep_args")
+
 local tele = require('telescope.builtin')
+local tele_ext = require('telescope').extensions
 
 local telemap = function(cmd, cb)
     map('n', cmd, '', {
@@ -12,7 +15,7 @@ end
 
 telemap('<Leader>ff', function() tele.find_files({ hidden = true, file_ignore_patterns = {'^.git'} }) end)
 
-telemap('<Leader>fg', tele.live_grep)
+telemap('<Leader>fg', tele_ext.live_grep_args.live_grep_args)
 
 telemap('<Leader>fb', tele.buffers)
 
diff --git a/zsh/.zshrc b/zsh/.zshrc
index a2e0edb..d597dff 100644
--- a/zsh/.zshrc
+++ b/zsh/.zshrc
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ eval "$(/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv)"
 # If you come from bash you might have to change your $PATH.
 export PATH=$HOME/bin:$HOME/.local/bin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/local/bin:$PATH
 
+# Add the zig path used by myzvm
+export PATH=$HOME/.zig/zig:$PATH
+
 ulimit -n 65536 200000
 ulimit -f unlimited
 
@@ -39,6 +42,7 @@ alias kci='git commit --allow-empty --message "kick CI" && git push'
 alias cddf='cd $HOME/.dotfiles'
 alias nvdf='cddf && nvim $HOME/.dotfiles/README.md'
 alias cdjb='cd $HOME/src/github.com/jbohanon'
+alias cdgh='cd $HOME/src/github.com'
 alias cdo='cd $HOME/Documents/obsidian/work'
 alias nvo='cdo && nvim .'