diff --git a/src/.config/fish/aliases.fish b/src/.config/fish/aliases.fish
index 6c4ea46..037003e 100644
--- a/src/.config/fish/aliases.fish
+++ b/src/.config/fish/aliases.fish
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ function xx; $EDITOR ~/dox/not/xx.tsv; end
 function dr; $EDITOR ~/dox/not/dr.txt; end
 function bk; $EDITOR ~/dox/not/bk.txt; end
 function rem; $EDITOR ~/dox/not/rem; end
+function ldg; $EDITOR ~/dox/not/journal.ldg; end
 
 # music recognition
 function musrec
diff --git a/src/.config/ledger/ledgerrc b/src/.config/ledger/ledgerrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b5073dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/.config/ledger/ledgerrc
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+--file ~/dox/not/journal.ldg
+commodity $
+	note Canadian Dollars
+	format $1,000.00
+	nomarket
+	default
diff --git a/src/.config/nvim/ftplugin/ledger.vim b/src/.config/nvim/ftplugin/ledger.vim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16298ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/.config/nvim/ftplugin/ledger.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+" see https://plaintextaccounting.org/ for more info
+
+let g:ledger_date_format = '%Y-%m-%d'
+let g:ledger_maxwidth = 80
+let g:ledger_fillstring = '·'
+let g:ledger_default_commodity = '$'
+let g:ledger_align_at = 50
+nnoremap <leader>tc :call ledger#transaction_state_toggle(line('.'))<CR>
+nnoremap <leader>tt :call ledger#transaction_date_set(line('.'), 'unshift')<CR>
+inoremap <silent> <buffer> <Tab> <C-r>=ledger#autocomplete_and_align()<CR>
+vnoremap <silent> <buffer> <Tab> :LedgerAlign<CR>
diff --git a/src/.config/nvim/init.vim b/src/.config/nvim/init.vim
index d448a06..516834b 100755
--- a/src/.config/nvim/init.vim
+++ b/src/.config/nvim/init.vim
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ Plug 'axieax/urlview.nvim'
 " fancy motions
 Plug 'ggandor/leap.nvim'
 
+Plug 'ledger/vim-ledger'
+
 call plug#end()
 
 if $SYSTEM_PROFILE == "DEFAULT"