diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
index ed50b69d..239dbad6 100644
--- a/init.lua
+++ b/init.lua
@@ -874,8 +874,28 @@ require('lazy').setup({
     branch = 'main',
     -- [[ Configure Treesitter ]] See `:help nvim-treesitter-intro`
     config = function()
+      -- ensure basic parser are installed
       local parsers = { 'bash', 'c', 'diff', 'html', 'lua', 'luadoc', 'markdown', 'markdown_inline', 'query', 'vim', 'vimdoc' }
       require('nvim-treesitter').install(parsers)
+
+      ---@param buf integer
+      ---@param language string
+      local function treesitter_try_attach(buf, language)
+        -- check if parser exists and load it
+        if not vim.treesitter.language.add(language) then return end
+        -- enables syntax highlighting and other treesitter features
+        vim.treesitter.start(buf, language)
+
+        -- enables treesitter based folds
+        -- for more info on folds see `:help folds`
+        -- vim.wo.foldexpr = 'v:lua.vim.treesitter.foldexpr()'
+        -- vim.wo.foldmethod = 'expr'
+
+        -- enables treesitter based indentation
+        vim.bo.indentexpr = "v:lua.require'nvim-treesitter'.indentexpr()"
+      end
+
+      local available_parsers = require('nvim-treesitter').get_available()
       vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd('FileType', {
         callback = function(args)
           local buf, filetype = args.buf, args.match
@@ -883,18 +903,7 @@ require('lazy').setup({
           local language = vim.treesitter.language.get_lang(filetype)
           if not language then return end
 
-          -- check if parser exists and load it
-          if not vim.treesitter.language.add(language) then return end
-          -- enables syntax highlighting and other treesitter features
-          vim.treesitter.start(buf, language)
-
-          -- enables treesitter based folds
-          -- for more info on folds see `:help folds`
-          -- vim.wo.foldexpr = 'v:lua.vim.treesitter.foldexpr()'
-          -- vim.wo.foldmethod = 'expr'
-
-          -- enables treesitter based indentation
-          vim.bo.indentexpr = "v:lua.require'nvim-treesitter'.indentexpr()"
+          treesitter_try_attach(buf, language)
         end,
       })
     end,