diff --git a/lua/plugins/astrocore.lua b/lua/plugins/astrocore.lua
index 729f4ac..39a84a3 100644
--- a/lua/plugins/astrocore.lua
+++ b/lua/plugins/astrocore.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-if true then return {} end -- WARN: REMOVE THIS LINE TO ACTIVATE THIS FILE
+-- if true then return {} end -- WARN: REMOVE THIS LINE TO ACTIVATE THIS FILE
 
 -- AstroCore provides a central place to modify mappings, vim options, autocommands, and more!
 -- Configuration documentation can be found with `:h astrocore`
@@ -76,6 +76,29 @@ return {
           desc = "Close buffer from tabline",
         },
 
+        ["<leader>nz"] = {
+          function()
+            function Scandir(directory)
+              local i, t, popen = 0, {}, io.popen
+              local pfile = popen('ls -A "' .. directory .. '"')
+              for filename in pfile:lines() do
+                i = i + 1
+                t[i] = '"' .. filename .. '"'
+              end
+              pfile:close()
+              return t
+            end
+            local ZK_DIR = os.getenv "ZK_NOTEBOOK_DIR" or "~/Desktop/notebooks/slipbox"
+            ZK_DIR = ZK_DIR .. "/.zk/templates"
+            local Template_List = Scandir(ZK_DIR)
+            vim.ui.select(
+              Template_List,
+              { prompt = "Template:" },
+              function(str) vim.cmd("ZkNew {title = vim.fn.input('Title: '), template = " .. str .. "}") end
+            )
+          end,
+          desc = "New zk slip",
+        },
         -- tables with just a `desc` key will be registered with which-key if it's installed
         -- this is useful for naming menus
         -- ["<Leader>b"] = { desc = "Buffers" },
diff --git a/spell/en.utf-8.add b/spell/en.utf-8.add
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b9e5ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spell/en.utf-8.add
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+slipbox
+i've
+memphis
+we're
diff --git a/spell/en.utf-8.add.spl b/spell/en.utf-8.add.spl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d796cce
Binary files /dev/null and b/spell/en.utf-8.add.spl differ