diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 9161680..3626595 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -129,3 +129,7 @@
 	path = pack/general/start/nvim-surround
 	url = https://github.com/kylechui/nvim-surround
 	branch = main
+[submodule "pack/general/start/nvim-spider"]
+	path = pack/general/start/nvim-spider
+	url = https://github.com/chrisgrieser/nvim-spider
+	branch = main
diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
index ee4b83c..b224d78 100644
--- a/init.lua
+++ b/init.lua
@@ -612,3 +612,11 @@ vim.diagnostic.config({
 
 ---- nvim-surround
 require("nvim-surround").setup()
+
+--- nvim-spider
+-- we need to use the ex-command version to cal the commands to allow dot repeatability
+-- see: https://github.com/chrisgrieser/nvim-spider#installation
+vim.keymap.set({ "n", "o", "x" }, "w", "<cmd>lua require('spider').motion('w')<CR>", { desc = "Spider-w" })
+vim.keymap.set({ "n", "o", "x" }, "e", "<cmd>lua require('spider').motion('e')<CR>", { desc = "Spider-e" })
+vim.keymap.set({ "n", "o", "x" }, "b", "<cmd>lua require('spider').motion('b')<CR>", { desc = "Spider-b" })
+vim.keymap.set({ "n", "o", "x" }, "ge", "<cmd>lua require('spider').motion('ge')<CR>", { desc = "Spider-ge" })
diff --git a/pack/general/start/nvim-spider b/pack/general/start/nvim-spider
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..be72738
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pack/general/start/nvim-spider
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit be7273858d75673a0ae594552742eb8769f35d6a