diff --git a/home-manager/software/emacs/default.nix b/home-manager/software/emacs/default.nix
index bcf6200..bfed5e6 100644
--- a/home-manager/software/emacs/default.nix
+++ b/home-manager/software/emacs/default.nix
@@ -7,9 +7,15 @@
 
   programs.emacs = {
     enable = true;
+    extraConfig = ''
+      (setq languagetool-java-arguments '("-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8")
+            languagetool-console-command "${pkgs.languagetool}/bin/languagetool-commandline"
+            languagetool-server-command "${pkgs.languagetool}/bin/languagetool-server")
+    '';
     extraPackages = epkgs: with pkgs;[
       mu
       rufo # formatter for Ruby
+      languagetool
       python39Packages.autopep8
       python39Packages.black
       python39Packages.flake8
@@ -53,6 +59,7 @@
       epkgs.htmlize
       epkgs.hydra
       epkgs.know-your-http-well
+      epkgs.languagetool
       epkgs.lv
       epkgs.magit
       epkgs.makey
diff --git a/home-manager/software/emacs/emacs.d/loader.org b/home-manager/software/emacs/emacs.d/loader.org
index 4d29934..ffefbb1 100644
--- a/home-manager/software/emacs/emacs.d/loader.org
+++ b/home-manager/software/emacs/emacs.d/loader.org
@@ -509,10 +509,7 @@ with the ~C-h m~ keybindings it's a bit easier to view in this mode.
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
 (when (boundp 'enable-langtool)
 (use-package langtool
-    :ensure t
-    :defer t
-    :config
-    (setq langtool-language-tool-jar "~/.emacs.d/languagetool/languagetool-commandline.jar")))
+    :ensure t))
 #+END_SRC
 
 *** hydra