diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
index 86565ba..77d69d9 100644
--- a/init.lua
+++ b/init.lua
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 -- require necessary modules
 require('macbook.settings')
 require('macbook.keybindings')
+require('macbook.plugins')
diff --git a/lua/macbook/plugins.lua b/lua/macbook/plugins.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65ca9d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/macbook/plugins.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+-- Automatically run :PackerCompile whenever plugins.lua is updated with an autocommand:
+
+vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd('BufWritePost', {
+    group = vim.api.nvim_create_augroup('PACKER', { clear = true }),
+    pattern = 'plugins.lua',
+    command = 'source <afile> | PackerCompile',
+})
+
+return require('packer').startup({
+    function(use)
+        ---------------------
+        -- Package Manager --
+        ---------------------
+
+        use('wbthomason/packer.nvim')
+
+        ----------------------
+        -- Required plugins --
+        ----------------------
+
+        -- lua functions that you don't want to write twice
+        use('nvim-lua/plenary.nvim')
+
+        ----------------------------------------
+        -- Theme, Icons, Statusbar, Bufferbar --
+        ----------------------------------------
+
+        -- A file type icons
+        use('nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons')
+
+        use({
+            {
+                'nvim-lualine/lualine.nvim',
+                config = function()
+                    require('macbook.plugins.lualine')
+                end,
+            },
+
+            -- Standalone UI for nvim-lsp progress
+            {
+                'j-hui/fidget.nvim',
+                after = 'lualine.nvim',
+                config = function()
+                    require('fidget').setup()
+                end,
+            },
+        })
+    end,
+})
diff --git a/lua/macbook/plugins/lualine.lua b/lua/macbook/plugins/lualine.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d34de9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/macbook/plugins/lualine.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+require('lualine').setup({
+    options = {
+        theme = 'auto',
+        component_separators = '',
+        section_separators = '',
+        icons_enabled = true,
+        globalstatus = true,
+    },
+    sections = {
+        lualine_a = {
+            { 'mode', color = { gui = 'bold' } },
+        },
+        lualine_b = {
+            { 'branch' },
+            { 'diff', colored = false },
+        },
+        lualine_c = {
+            { 'filename', file_status = true },
+            { 'diagnostics' },
+        },
+        lualine_x = {
+            'filetype',
+            'encoding',
+            'fileformat',
+        },
+        lualine_y = { 'progress' },
+        lualine_z = {
+            { 'location', color = { gui = 'bold' } },
+        },
+    },
+    tabline = {
+        lualine_a = {
+            {
+                'buffers',
+                buffers_color = { active = 'lualine_b_normal' },
+            },
+        },
+        lualine_z = {
+            {
+                'tabs',
+                tabs_color = { active = 'lualine_b_normal' },
+            },
+        },
+    },
+    extensions = { 'quickfix', 'nvim-tree' },
+})
diff --git a/plugin/packer_compiled.lua b/plugin/packer_compiled.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..092bdc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/packer_compiled.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+-- 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()
+
+_G._packer = _G._packer or {}
+_G._packer.inside_compile = true
+
+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
+  if threshold then
+    table.insert(results, '(Only showing plugins that took longer than ' .. threshold .. ' ms ' .. 'to load)')
+  end
+
+  _G._packer.profile_output = results
+end
+
+time([[Luarocks path setup]], true)
+local package_path_str = "/Users/siddhartha/.cache/nvim/packer_hererocks/2.1.0-beta3/share/lua/5.1/?.lua;/Users/siddhartha/.cache/nvim/packer_hererocks/2.1.0-beta3/share/lua/5.1/?/init.lua;/Users/siddhartha/.cache/nvim/packer_hererocks/2.1.0-beta3/lib/luarocks/rocks-5.1/?.lua;/Users/siddhartha/.cache/nvim/packer_hererocks/2.1.0-beta3/lib/luarocks/rocks-5.1/?/init.lua"
+local install_cpath_pattern = "/Users/siddhartha/.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), name, _G.packer_plugins[name])
+  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 = {
+  ["fidget.nvim"] = {
+    config = { "\27LJ\2\n4\0\0\3\0\3\0\0066\0\0\0'\2\1\0B\0\2\0029\0\2\0B\0\1\1K\0\1\0\nsetup\vfidget\frequire\0" },
+    load_after = {},
+    loaded = true,
+    needs_bufread = false,
+    path = "/Users/siddhartha/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/opt/fidget.nvim",
+    url = "https://github.com/j-hui/fidget.nvim"
+  },
+  ["lualine.nvim"] = {
+    after = { "fidget.nvim" },
+    config = { "\27LJ\2\n7\0\0\3\0\2\0\0046\0\0\0'\2\1\0B\0\2\1K\0\1\0\28macbook.plugins.lualine\frequire\0" },
+    loaded = true,
+    only_config = true,
+    path = "/Users/siddhartha/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/lualine.nvim",
+    url = "https://github.com/nvim-lualine/lualine.nvim"
+  },
+  ["nvim-web-devicons"] = {
+    loaded = true,
+    path = "/Users/siddhartha/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/nvim-web-devicons",
+    url = "https://github.com/nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons"
+  },
+  ["packer.nvim"] = {
+    loaded = true,
+    path = "/Users/siddhartha/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/packer.nvim",
+    url = "https://github.com/wbthomason/packer.nvim"
+  },
+  ["plenary.nvim"] = {
+    loaded = true,
+    path = "/Users/siddhartha/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/packer/start/plenary.nvim",
+    url = "https://github.com/nvim-lua/plenary.nvim"
+  }
+}
+
+time([[Defining packer_plugins]], false)
+-- Config for: lualine.nvim
+time([[Config for lualine.nvim]], true)
+try_loadstring("\27LJ\2\n7\0\0\3\0\2\0\0046\0\0\0'\2\1\0B\0\2\1K\0\1\0\28macbook.plugins.lualine\frequire\0", "config", "lualine.nvim")
+time([[Config for lualine.nvim]], false)
+-- Load plugins in order defined by `after`
+time([[Sequenced loading]], true)
+vim.cmd [[ packadd fidget.nvim ]]
+
+-- Config for: fidget.nvim
+try_loadstring("\27LJ\2\n4\0\0\3\0\3\0\0066\0\0\0'\2\1\0B\0\2\0029\0\2\0B\0\1\1K\0\1\0\nsetup\vfidget\frequire\0", "config", "fidget.nvim")
+
+time([[Sequenced loading]], false)
+
+_G._packer.inside_compile = false
+if _G._packer.needs_bufread == true then
+  vim.cmd("doautocmd BufRead")
+end
+_G._packer.needs_bufread = false
+
+if should_profile then save_profiles() end
+
+end)
+
+if not no_errors then
+  error_msg = error_msg:gsub('"', '\\"')
+  vim.api.nvim_command('echohl ErrorMsg | echom "Error in packer_compiled: '..error_msg..'" | echom "Please check your config for correctness" | echohl None')
+end