diff --git a/.vim/coc-settings.json b/.vim/coc-settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bee66df1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vim/coc-settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "languageserver": {
+    "golang": {
+      "command": "gopls",
+      "args": [],
+      "rootPatterns": ["go.mod", ".vim/", ".git/", ".hg/"],
+      "filetypes": ["go"]
+    }
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/.vimrc.plugins b/.vimrc.plugins
index 96b25bc0..316923f5 100644
--- a/.vimrc.plugins
+++ b/.vimrc.plugins
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ Plug 'cespare/vim-toml'
 Plug 'Chiel92/vim-autoformat'
 Plug 'drmingdrmer/vim-toggle-quickfix'
 Plug 'editorconfig/editorconfig-vim'
-Plug 'fatih/vim-go', { 'do': ':GoUpdateBinaries' }
 Plug 'godlygeek/tabular'
 Plug 'https://github.com/cyplo/vim-colors-solarized.git'
 Plug 'jremmen/vim-ripgrep'
diff --git a/common/up.sh b/common/up.sh
index 3a8857d7..073e36ce 100755
--- a/common/up.sh
+++ b/common/up.sh
@@ -188,6 +188,16 @@ if [[ -z $NORUBY ]]; then
     rvm install ruby --disable-binary
 fi
 
+if [[ -z $NO_GO ]]; then
+    GOPATH="$HOME/go"
+    export GOPATH=`realpath "$GOPATH"`
+    mkdir -p "$GOPATH"
+
+    # excercism
+    go get -u -t github.com/exercism/cli/exercism
+    go get -u -t golang.org/x/tools/cmd/gopls
+fi
+
 if [[ -z $NOVIM ]]; then
     if [[ ! -d ~/.fzf ]]; then
         git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/junegunn/fzf.git ~/.fzf
@@ -206,16 +216,8 @@ if [[ -z $NOVIM ]]; then
     vim +PlugClean! +qa
 fi
 
-if [[ -z $NO_GO ]]; then
-    GOPATH="$HOME/go"
-    export GOPATH=`realpath "$GOPATH"`
-    mkdir -p "$GOPATH"
-
-    # excercism
-    go get -u github.com/exercism/cli/exercism
-fi
-
 nvm use node
+npx npm install -g yarn
 npx npm install -g reveal-md
 npx npm install -g diff-so-fancy
 npx npm install -g cssnano
@@ -224,4 +226,3 @@ echo
 echo "now go ahead and restart"
 echo
 
-