diff --git a/.stow-global-ignore b/.stow-global-ignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83f71e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.stow-global-ignore
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+\.git
+\.gitea
+\.github
+\.gitignore
+\.stow-global-ignore
+__pycache__
+^/README.*
+^/LICENSE.*
+^/COPYING
+\.stow-global-ignore
+\run-stow.sh
+\setup-neovim.sh
diff --git a/run-stow.sh b/run-stow.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0fb1b3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run-stow.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+NEOVIM_CONFIG="$HOME/.config/nvim"
+
+function stowit() {
+    if test -d "$NEOVIM_CONFIG"; then
+        stow -v -R -t "$NEOVIM_CONFIG" . || exit 1
+    else 
+        echo "Neovim config directory does not exist: $NEOVIM_CONFIG"
+        echo "Creating config directory..."
+        if ! mkdir -p "$NEOVIM_CONFIG"; then
+            echo "failed to create config folder"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+        echo "Created config folder"
+        stowit
+    fi
+}
+
+stowit