diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
index fee6256..30453fb 100644
--- a/.envrc
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 watch_file ./home
 watch_file ./languages
+watch_file ./.vale/styles
 use flake
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 93edd5c..3336057 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 .direnv
 .helix
 .pre-commit-config.yaml
-.vale/styles/config/vocabularies/General/
+.vale/.vale.ini
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index aa7cc17..1e1dbe2 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
                 else
                   rValue
               ) rhs);
+            tomlFormatter = pkgs.formats.toml { };
             pkgs = import inputs.nixpkgs {
               inherit system;
               overlays = [
@@ -116,8 +117,7 @@
                 acc: cfg: acc // (cfg.devshell.devshellStartup or { })
               ) { } configs;
             };
-            helixLanguagesFormat = pkgs.formats.toml { };
-            helixLanguagesFile = helixLanguagesFormat.generate "languages.toml" helixLanguages;
+            helixLanguagesFile = tomlFormatter.generate "languages.toml" helixLanguages;
           in
           {
             _module.args.pkgs = pkgs;
diff --git a/languages/en-us.nix b/languages/en-us.nix
index e65c436..8534e5a 100644
--- a/languages/en-us.nix
+++ b/languages/en-us.nix
@@ -7,21 +7,60 @@ let
     "NixOS"
   ];
   tomlFormatter = pkgs.formats.toml { };
-  valeDictionary = {
-    directory = "./.vale/styles/config/vocabularies/General";
-    filename = "accept.txt";
-    content = builtins.concatStringsSep "\n" dictionary;
-    file = builtins.toFile valeDictionary.filename valeDictionary.content;
+  vale = {
+    valeDirectory = ".vale";
+    stylesDirectory = "styles";
+    dictionary = {
+      directory = "config/vocabularies/General";
+      filename = "accept.txt";
+      content = builtins.concatStringsSep "\n" dictionary;
+      file = pkgs.writeTextFile {
+        name = vale.dictionary.filename;
+        text = vale.dictionary.content;
+      };
+    };
+    config = {
+      filename = ".vale.ini";
+      content = ''
+        StylesPath = styles
+
+        MinAlertLevel = suggestion
+
+        Vocab = General
+
+        # https://vale.sh/explorer
+        Packages = RedHat, proselint, write-good, alex
+
+        [*.{md}]
+        BasedOnStyles = Vale, RedHat, proselint, write-good, alex
+      '';
+      file = pkgs.writeTextFile {
+        name = vale.config.filename;
+        text = vale.config.content;
+      };
+    };
+    directory = {
+      base = ../.vale/styles;
+      full = pkgs.runCommand vale.valeDirectory { } ''
+        ${pkgs.uutils-coreutils-noprefix}/bin/mkdir -p $out/${vale.stylesDirectory}/${vale.dictionary.directory}
+        ${pkgs.uutils-coreutils-noprefix}/bin/cp -r ${vale.directory.base}/* $out/${vale.stylesDirectory}
+        ${pkgs.uutils-coreutils-noprefix}/bin/ln -fs ${vale.dictionary.file} $out/${vale.stylesDirectory}/${vale.dictionary.directory}/${vale.dictionary.filename}
+        ${pkgs.uutils-coreutils-noprefix}/bin/ln -fs ${vale.config.file} $out/${vale.config.filename};
+      '';
+      configFile = "${vale.directory.full}/${vale.config.filename}";
+    };
   };
-  typosConfig = {
-    default.extendWords = builtins.listToAttrs (
-      builtins.map (x: {
-        name = x;
-        value = x;
-      }) dictionary
-    );
+  typos = {
+    content = {
+      default.extendWords = builtins.listToAttrs (
+        builtins.map (x: {
+          name = x;
+          value = x;
+        }) dictionary
+      );
+    };
+    file = tomlFormatter.generate "typos.toml" typos.content;
   };
-  typosConfigFile = tomlFormatter.generate "typos.toml" typosConfig;
 in
 {
   helix.language-server = {
@@ -31,27 +70,33 @@ in
       config.ltex.dictionary.en-US = dictionary;
     };
     # https://vale.sh/docs/formats/code
-    vale-ls.command = "${pkgs.vale-ls}/bin/vale-ls";
+    vale-ls = {
+      command = "${pkgs.vale-ls}/bin/vale-ls";
+      config.configPath = vale.directory.configFile;
+    };
     # https://writewithharper.com/docs/integrations/language-server#Supported-Languages
     harper-ls.command = "${pkgs.harper}/bin/harper-ls";
     typos = {
       command = "${pkgs.typos-lsp}/bin/typos-lsp";
-      config.config = typosConfigFile.outPath;
+      config.config = typos.file.outPath;
     };
   };
   pre-commit = {
     typos = {
       enable = true;
       settings = {
-        configPath = typosConfigFile.outPath;
+        configPath = typos.file.outPath;
         locale = "en-us";
       };
     };
-    vale.enable = true;
+    vale = {
+      enable = true;
+      config.configPath = vale.directory.configFile;
+    };
   };
   treefmt.programs.typos = {
     enable = true;
-    configFile = typosConfigFile.outPath;
+    configFile = typos.file.outPath;
     locale = "en-us";
   };
   devshell = {
@@ -59,14 +104,13 @@ in
       {
         help = "sync vale configuration";
         name = "vale-sync";
-        command = "${pkgs.vale}/bin/vale sync";
+        command = "${pkgs.vale}/bin/vale sync --config ${vale.valeDirectory}/${vale.config.filename}";
       }
     ];
     packages = [ pkgs.vale ];
     devshellStartup = {
       vale_config.text = ''
-        mkdir -p ${valeDictionary.directory}
-        ${pkgs.uutils-coreutils-noprefix}/bin/ln -fs ${valeDictionary.file} ${valeDictionary.directory}/${valeDictionary.filename}
+        ${pkgs.uutils-coreutils-noprefix}/bin/ln -fs ${vale.config.file} ${vale.valeDirectory}/${vale.config.filename}
       '';
     };
   };