diff --git a/lua/custom/plugins/emoji.lua b/lua/custom/plugins/emoji.lua
index 6f10fcf..396b4e3 100644
--- a/lua/custom/plugins/emoji.lua
+++ b/lua/custom/plugins/emoji.lua
@@ -1,11 +1,28 @@
 return {
   'allaman/emoji.nvim',
-  ft = 'markdown',
+  version = '1.0.0', -- optionally pin to a tag
+  ft = 'markdown', -- adjust to your needs
   dependencies = {
+    -- util for handling paths
+    'nvim-lua/plenary.nvim',
+    -- optional for nvim-cmp integration
     'hrsh7th/nvim-cmp',
+    -- optional for telescope integration
     'nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim',
+    -- optional for fzf-lua integration via vim.ui.select
+    'ibhagwan/fzf-lua',
   },
-  config = function()
-    require('telescope').load_extension 'emoji'
+  opts = {
+    -- default is false, also needed for blink.cmp integration!
+    enable_cmp_integration = true,
+    -- optional if your plugin installation directory
+    -- is not vim.fn.stdpath("data") .. "/lazy/
+    -- plugin_path = vim.fn.expand '$HOME/plugins/',
+  },
+  config = function(_, opts)
+    require('emoji').setup(opts)
+    -- optional for telescope integration
+    local ts = require('telescope').load_extension 'emoji'
+    vim.keymap.set('n', '<leader>se', ts.emoji, { desc = '[S]earch [E]moji' })
   end,
 }