diff --git a/dot_config/nvim/lua/plugins/emoji-nvim.lua b/dot_config/nvim/lua/plugins/emoji-nvim.lua
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+return {
+  "allaman/emoji.nvim",
+  version = "1.0.0", -- optionally pin to a tag
+  ft = "markdown", -- adjust to your needs
+  dependencies = {
+    -- util for handling paths
+    "nvim-lua/plenary.nvim",
+    -- optional for nvim-cmp integration
+    "hrsh7th/nvim-cmp",
+    -- optional for telescope integration
+    "nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim",
+    -- optional for fzf-lua integration via vim.ui.select
+    "ibhagwan/fzf-lua",
+  },
+  opts = {
+    -- default is false, also needed for blink.cmp integration!
+    enable_cmp_integration = false,
+    -- optional if your plugin installation directory
+    -- is not vim.fn.stdpath("data") .. "/lazy/
+    -- plugin_path = vim.fn.expand("$HOME/plugins/"),
+  },
+  config = function(_, opts)
+    require("emoji").setup(opts)
+    -- optional for telescope integration
+    local ts = require('telescope').load_extension 'emoji'
+    vim.keymap.set('n', '<leader>se', ts.emoji, { desc = '[S]earch [E]moji' })
+  end,
+}