diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
index a7188dc..eb0c153 100644
--- a/init.lua
+++ b/init.lua
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ vim.opt.rtp:prepend(lazypath)
 
 require("znvim.options")
 require("lazy").setup("znvim.plugins")
+require("znvim.keymaps")
diff --git a/lua/znvim/keymaps.lua b/lua/znvim/keymaps.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24f52fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/znvim/keymaps.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+vim.keymap.set("i", "jk", "<ESC>")
+
+vim.keymap.set("n", "<leader>pl", "<cmd>Lazy<cr>", { desc = "Lazy" })
+
+vim.keymap.set("n", "<leader>uc", function ()
+    if #vim.o.colorcolumn == 0 then
+        vim.o.colorcolumn = "80"
+    else
+        vim.o.colorcolumn = ""
+    end
+end, { desc = "toggle 80th column" })
+
+vim.keymap.set("n", "<leader>ur", function ()
+    if vim.o.relativenumber then
+        vim.o.relativenumber = false
+    else
+        vim.o.relativenumber = true
+    end
+end, { desc = "toggle relative numbers" })
+
+vim.keymap.set("n", "<C-A-k>", "<cmd>m .-2<cr>==", { desc = "move up" })
+vim.keymap.set("n", "<C-A-j>", "<cmd>m .+1<cr>==", { desc = "move line down" })
+vim.keymap.set("i", "<C-A-k>", "<Esc><cmd>m .-2<cr>==gi", { desc = "move up" })
+vim.keymap.set("i", "<C-A-j>", "<Esc><cmd>m .+1<cr>==gi", { desc = "move line down" })
+vim.keymap.set("v", "<C-A-j>", ":m '>+1<CR>gv=gv", { desc = "move lines up" })
+vim.keymap.set("v", "<C-A-k>", ":m '<-2<CR>gv=gv", { desc = "move lines down"})
+
+vim.keymap.set({ "i", "n" }, "<esc>", "<cmd>noh<cr><esc>", { desc = "clear hlsearch" })
+
+
+-- replace word under the cursor
+vim.keymap.set("n", "<leader>ss", [[:%s/\<<C-r><C-w>\>/<C-r><C-w>/gI<Left><Left><Left>]])
+
+vim.keymap.set("x", "<leader>P", "\"_dP", { desc = "delete into void register and paste" })
+
+vim.keymap.set("n", "<S-h>", "<cmd>bprevious<cr>", { desc = "prev buffer" })
+vim.keymap.set("n", "<S-l>", "<cmd>bnext<cr>",     { desc = "next buffer" })
+vim.keymap.set("n", "[b",    "<cmd>bprevious<cr>", { desc = "prev buffer" })
+vim.keymap.set("n", "]b",    "<cmd>bnext<cr>",     { desc = "next buffer" })