diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 1ea1558..de5a409 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -74,3 +74,6 @@
 [submodule "pack/vendor/start/rust.vim"]
 	path = pack/vendor/start/rust.vim
 	url = https://github.com/rust-lang/rust.vim
+[submodule "pack/vendor/start/ale"]
+	path = pack/vendor/start/ale
+	url = https://github.com/dense-analysis/ale
diff --git a/config/ale.vim b/config/ale.vim
index 4d58b61..face3dd 100644
--- a/config/ale.vim
+++ b/config/ale.vim
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ function! s:getValaProjectRoot(buffer) abort
     return ''
 endfunction
 
+packloadall
+
 call ale#linter#Define('vala', {
 \   'name': 'vala-language-server',
 \   'lsp': 'stdio',
@@ -79,7 +81,7 @@ let g:ale_go_langserver_executable = 'gopls'
 
 let g:airline#extensions#ale#enabled = 1
 
-let g:ale_completion_enabled = 1
+let g:ale_completion_enabled = 0
 let g:ale_lint_on_enter = 0
 let g:ale_lint_on_text_changed = 'never'
 highlight ALEErrorSign ctermbg=NONE ctermfg=red
diff --git a/pack/vendor/start/ale b/pack/vendor/start/ale
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..a4ba421
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pack/vendor/start/ale
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit a4ba421803d030a8967ede111ce921d439aa5fbb
diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index 098249a..f924cd2 100644
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ let g:python_host_prog='/usr/bin/python'
 """ source
 
 " all other includes are in alphabetical order
+source $VIMHOME/config/ale.vim
 source $VIMHOME/config/fzf.vim
 source $VIMHOME/config/indent.vim
 source $VIMHOME/config/language-client.vim