diff --git a/nvim/.config/nvim/after/ftplugin/ftl.lua b/nvim/.config/nvim/after/ftplugin/ftl.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..171c529
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nvim/.config/nvim/after/ftplugin/ftl.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+local fn = vim.fn
+
+-- Function to add keyword highlighting
+local function keywordsadd(keywords)
+  local pattern = "\\<\\(" .. table.concat(keywords, "\\|") .. "\\)\\>"
+  fn.matchadd("Keyword", pattern)
+end
+
+local function setup_highlight_groups()
+  vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "ftl_Keyword", { link = "Keyword" })
+  vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "ftl_String", { link = "String" })
+  vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "ftl_Comment", { link = "Comment" })
+  vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "ftl_Number", { link = "Number" })
+end
+
+setup_highlight_groups()
+
+-- Add custom highlights
+keywordsadd { "if", "else", "while", "for", "SYSCALL", "exit" }
+fn.matchadd("ftl_Keyword", "\\<\\(if\\|else\\|while\\|for\\|SYSCALL\\|exit\\)\\>")
+fn.matchadd("ftl_String", [["\zs[^"]*\ze"]])
+fn.matchadd("ftl_Comment", [[;;.*]])
+fn.matchadd("ftl_Number", [[\v<\d+>]])
diff --git a/nvim/.config/nvim/lua/vxclutch/init.lua b/nvim/.config/nvim/lua/vxclutch/init.lua
index f721ed2..9ff7030 100644
--- a/nvim/.config/nvim/lua/vxclutch/init.lua
+++ b/nvim/.config/nvim/lua/vxclutch/init.lua
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 vim.g.mapleader = " "
 
 -- https://github.com/vx-clutch/ftl
-vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd({"BufNewFile", "BufRead"}, {
-    pattern = "*.ftl",
-    callback = function()
-        vim.bo.filetype = "c"
-    end,
-})
-
+vim.filetype.add {
+  extension = {
+    ftl = "ftl",
+  },
+}
 
 require "vxclutch.set"
 require "vxclutch.lazy_init"