diff --git a/autoformat.vim b/autoformat.vim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dfc089a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/autoformat.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+au BufWrite * :Autoformat
+" see here for instructions to get scalafmt set up
+let g:formatdef_scalafmt = '"ng-nailgun scalafmt"'
+let g:formatters_scala = ['scalafmt']
diff --git a/ftplugin/rust.vim b/ftplugin/rust.vim
index 7ec2b5c..13e7a13 100644
--- a/ftplugin/rust.vim
+++ b/ftplugin/rust.vim
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-let g:autofmt_autosave = 1
+let g:formatdef_rustfmt_force = '"rustfmt --force"'
+let g:formatters_rust = ['rustfmt_force']
diff --git a/plug.vim b/plug.vim
index db2f701..0d8395c 100644
--- a/plug.vim
+++ b/plug.vim
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ Plug 'vim-scripts/groovy.vim'
 Plug 'vim-scripts/groovyindent-unix'
 " LSP
 Plug 'autozimu/LanguageClient-neovim', {'tag': 'binary-*-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl'}
+" auto format all the things
+" https://github.com/Chiel92/vim-autoformat
+Plug 'Chiel92/vim-autoformat'
 
 " All of your Plugins must be added before the following line
 call plug#end()            " required
diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index 6dcd774..7e00a51 100644
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ source mapping.vim
 source jsonnet.vim
 source racer.vim
 source lsp.vim
+source autoformat.vim
 exec "cd " . oldwd
 
 " turn on file type plugins