diff --git a/.config/nvim/init.vim b/.config/nvim/init.vim
index 4b61573..f590b93 100644
--- a/.config/nvim/init.vim
+++ b/.config/nvim/init.vim
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ nmap ]x ctrih/^# %%<CR><CR>
 luafile $HOME/.config/nvim/plugins.lua
 
 " python stuff
-let g:python3_host_prog = "$HOME/.venvs/nvim/bin/python"
+" let g:python3_host_prog = "$HOME/.venvs/nvim/bin/python"
+let g:python4_host_prog = "$HOME/.config/nvim/python"
 
 " VimWiki setup
 let g:vimwiki_sync_branch = "main"
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index d8089b0..1c789a4 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ setup_alacritty:
 	ln -s -f ~/dotfiles/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml ~/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml
 
 setup_python_and_poetry:
-	# TODO: make raget not tested properly
+	# TODO: make target not tested properly
 	#
 	sudo apt purge python3 python3-pip python3-openssl
 	sudo apt-get update
@@ -30,9 +30,14 @@ setup_python_and_poetry:
 	# setup poetry - zsh
 	mkdir $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/poetry
 	poetry completions zsh > $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/poetry/_poetry
-	# nvim python provider
-	pip3 install --upgrade pynvim
-
+	#
+	# setup_nvim_python_provider
+	cd ~/dotfiles/nvim_python_provider && poetry install
+	cd ~/dotfiles/nvim_python_provider && poetry run which python > /tmp/nvim_python_provider
+	ln -s -f $$(cat /tmp/nvim_python_provider) ~/.config/nvim/python
+	rm /tmp/nvim_python_provider
+	~/config/nvim/python -m pip install pynvim
+	# "WARNING: in nvim run :checkhealth and check python provider status"
 
 setup_tmux_a:
 	echo "configuring tmux with 'a' as prefix"
diff --git a/nvim_python_provider/poetry.lock b/nvim_python_provider/poetry.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23aabce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nvim_python_provider/poetry.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.4.2 and should not be changed by hand.
+package = []
+
+[metadata]
+lock-version = "2.0"
+python-versions = "^3.8"
+content-hash = "935b488be9f11b23f14aa1ce3bed4013d88bd77462534b5e4fe5bb82b485bfe9"
diff --git a/nvim_python_provider/pyproject.toml b/nvim_python_provider/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e424b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nvim_python_provider/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[tool.poetry]
+name = "nvim-python-provider"
+version = "0.1.0"
+description = "poetry virtual environment for nvim"
+authors = ["DannyDannyDanny <dth@taiga.ai>"]
+
+[tool.poetry.dependencies]
+python = "^3.8"
+
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["poetry-core"]
+build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"