diff --git a/bin/neovim/add_dependencies.jl b/bin/neovim/add_dependencies.jl
index f4560c5..46c7d44 100644
--- a/bin/neovim/add_dependencies.jl
+++ b/bin/neovim/add_dependencies.jl
@@ -6,24 +6,25 @@ using Pkg
 # add LanguageServer.jl
 Pkg.add("LanguageServer")
 
-# add dependencies of LanguageServer.jl
-pkg_ls = Pkg.project().dependencies["LanguageServer"]
-pkg_ls_deps = Pkg.dependencies()[pkg_ls].dependencies |> keys
-foreach(Pkg.add, pkg_ls_deps)
+# add PackageCompiler.jl
+Pkg.add("PackageCompiler")
 
 # add extra dependencies
 # these packages are manually collected
-pkg_extra = ["Logging", "Sockets", "DataStructures", "Tar", "ArgTools", "Dates", "Downloads", "TOML"]
-foreach(Pkg.add, pkg_extra)
-@info "dependency added"
+pkg_extra = ["Logging", "Sockets", "DataStructures", "Tar", "ArgTools", "Dates", "Downloads", "TOML", "JSONRPC", "SymbolServer"]
+Pkg.add(pkg_extra)
+@info "added dependencies"
+
+# Extra package to be executed in precompiled code
+pkg_precompiled = []
 
 # save pkgs to be used for precompile functions with traced script
 out_path = joinpath(Pkg.project().path |> dirname, "precompile_exec_head.jl")
 @info "writing $(out_path)"
 open(out_path, "w") do io
     println(io, "using LanguageServer")
-    println(io, "using " * join(pkg_ls_deps, ", "))
     println(io, "using " * join(pkg_extra, ", "))
+    # println(io, "using " * join(pkg_precompiled, ", "))
     if Sys.iswindows()
         println(io, "import FileWatching")
     end
diff --git a/bin/neovim/setup_julials.jl b/bin/neovim/setup_julials.jl
index f6107bd..dbd44f3 100644
--- a/bin/neovim/setup_julials.jl
+++ b/bin/neovim/setup_julials.jl
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ if !ispath(project_path)
     @info "Created $(project_path)"
     touch(joinpath(project_path, "tracecompile.jl"))
 end
-cmd = `julia --project=$(project_path) $(@__DIR__)/add_dependencies.jl`
-@info cmd
-run(cmd)
+
+using Pkg
+Pkg.activate(project_path)
+include("$(@__DIR__)/add_dependencies.jl")
 
diff --git a/bin/neovim/update_julials.jl b/bin/neovim/update_julials.jl
index 713c00b..cfdc4cf 100644
--- a/bin/neovim/update_julials.jl
+++ b/bin/neovim/update_julials.jl
@@ -2,14 +2,17 @@
 project_path = joinpath(homedir(), ".julia", "environments", "nvim-lspconfig")
 cd(project_path) do
     @info "now at " pwd()
-    run(`julia --project=. -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.update()'`)
+    using Pkg
+    Pkg.activate(".")
+    Pkg.update()
     compile_traces = Iterators.filter(eachline("tracecompile.jl")) do line
         # Remove anonymous functions from compile trace
         !startswith(line, '#') && !occursin(r"\#\d+\#\d+", line) && !occursin(r"\#\#printstyled\#", line)
     end |> join
     read("precompile_exec_head.jl", String) * compile_traces |> (b -> write("precompile_exec.jl", b))
     @info "compiling sysimage..."
-    run(`julia --project=. -e 'using PackageCompiler; create_sysimage(["LanguageServer"], sysimage_path = "sys-ls.so", precompile_execution_file = ["precompile_exec.jl"])'`)
+    using PackageCompiler;
+    create_sysimage(["LanguageServer"], sysimage_path = "sys-ls.so", precompile_execution_file = ["precompile_exec.jl"])'
     @info "post precompile"
     run(`julia --project=. -J sys-ls.so -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.precompile()'`)
 end
diff --git a/dotfiles/neovim/init.lua b/dotfiles/neovim/init.lua
index e4f7b46..415e042 100644
--- a/dotfiles/neovim/init.lua
+++ b/dotfiles/neovim/init.lua
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ lspconfig.julials.setup {
     on_attach = on_attach,
     capabilities = capabilities,
     cmd = { "julia", "--startup-file=no", "--history-file=no",
-        julials_so_option[1], julials_so_option[2],
+        -- julials_so_option[1], julials_so_option[2],
         -- use below 2 lines to collect script to be included in sysimage
         -- '--trace-compile',
         -- vim.env.HOME .. "/.julia/environments/nvim-lspconfig/tracecompile.jl",