diff --git a/lua/lazyvim/plugins/core.lua b/lua/lazyvim/plugins/core.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7a1d9378
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/lazyvim/plugins/core.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+return {
+  -- set to HEAD for now. I'm sill making too many changes for this repo related to lazy itself
+  { "folke/lazy.nvim", version = false },
+}