diff --git a/lib/extensions/typescript.el b/lib/extensions/typescript.el
index 89777ce..e19bb2e 100644
--- a/lib/extensions/typescript.el
+++ b/lib/extensions/typescript.el
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 ;; Dependencies ----------------------------------
 (depends-on 'typescript-mode)
-(depends-on 'tide)
+
 
 (defun typescript-doc ()
   "Something fun.")
diff --git a/lib/extensions/typescript/init.el b/lib/extensions/typescript/init.el
index f59d8ec..d8d8f21 100644
--- a/lib/extensions/typescript/init.el
+++ b/lib/extensions/typescript/init.el
@@ -9,18 +9,18 @@
   (setq tmp-directory (concat (getenv "HOME") "/.tmp"))
   ;; aligns annotation to the right hand side
   (setq company-tooltip-align-annotations t)
-
-  ;; formats the buffer before saving
-  (add-hook 'before-save-hook 'tide-format-before-save)
-  (add-hook 'typescript-mode-hook #'setup-tide-mode)
-
-  (tide-setup)
   (flycheck-mode 1)
   (setq flycheck-check-syntax-automatically '(save mode-enabled))
+
   (eldoc-mode 1)
-  (tide-hl-identifier-mode 1)
   (company-mode 1))
 
+
+(defun lsp-typescript-config ()
+  (interactive)
+  (require 'lsp)
+  (require 'lsp-clients))
+
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun extensions/typescript-initialize ()
   "Initialize the typescript extension."
@@ -30,8 +30,9 @@
            (add-hook 'web-mode-hook
                      (lambda ()
                        (when (string-equal "tsx" (file-name-extension buffer-file-name))
-                         (setup-tide-mode)
-                         (tide-hl-identifier-mode))))
+                         (setup-tide-mode))))
+
+           (add-hook 'typescript-mode-hook #'lsp-typescript-config)
            ;; enable typescript-tslint checker
            (flycheck-add-mode 'typescript-tslint 'web-mode)))