diff --git a/files/nvim.lua b/files/nvim.conform.lua
similarity index 94%
rename from files/nvim.lua
rename to files/nvim.conform.lua
index 46ee351..801df29 100644
--- a/files/nvim.lua
+++ b/files/nvim.conform.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
--- example of a project specific nvim configuration file using :exrc
+-- example of a project specific nvim configuration file using :exrc and conform
 
 local conform = require 'conform';
 
diff --git a/files/nvim.lsp.lua b/files/nvim.lsp.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff06a44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/nvim.lsp.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+-- example of a project specific nvim configuration file using :exrc and lsp formatting
+
+local format_clients = {
+  'ruff',
+  'lua_ls',
+  'bashls',
+  'jsonls',
+  'ts_ls',
+  'ansiblels',
+  'yamlls',
+  'cssls',
+  'html',
+}
+
+vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd('LspAttach', {
+  group = vim.api.nvim_create_augroup('lsp', { clear = true }),
+  callback = function(args)
+    local client = vim.lsp.get_client_by_id(args.data.client_id)
+
+    if client:supports_method('textDocument/formatting')
+        and vim.tbl_contains(format_clients, client.name) then
+      vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd('BufWritePre', {
+        buffer = args.buf,
+        callback = function()
+          vim.lsp.buf.format {
+            async = false,
+            id = args.data.client_id
+          }
+        end,
+      })
+    end
+  end
+})