diff --git a/lua/config/plugins/telescope.lua b/lua/config/plugins/telescope.lua
index 56cc1f2..457000e 100644
--- a/lua/config/plugins/telescope.lua
+++ b/lua/config/plugins/telescope.lua
@@ -1,6 +1,29 @@
+require("telescope").load_extension("ui-select")
+
 require("telescope").setup({
 	defaults = {
 		borderchars = { " ", " ", " ", " ", " ", " ", " ", " " }
+	},
+	extensions = {
+		["ui-select"] = {
+			require("telescope.themes").get_dropdown {
+				-- even more opts
+			}
+
+			-- pseudo code / specification for writing custom displays, like the one
+			-- for "codeactions"
+			-- specific_opts = {
+			--   [kind] = {
+			--     make_indexed = function(items) -> indexed_items, width,
+			--     make_displayer = function(widths) -> displayer
+			--     make_display = function(displayer) -> function(e)
+			--     make_ordinal = function(e) -> string
+			--   },
+			--   -- for example to disable the custom builtin "codeactions" display
+			--      do the following
+			--   codeactions = false,
+			-- }
+		}
 	}
 })
 
diff --git a/lua/plugins/core/init.lua b/lua/plugins/core/init.lua
index 35a4075..cab11d0 100644
--- a/lua/plugins/core/init.lua
+++ b/lua/plugins/core/init.lua
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ return {
 	{
 		'simrat39/inlay-hints.nvim',
 	},
+	{
+		'nvim-telescope/telescope-ui-select.nvim'
+	},
 	{
 		"akinsho/bufferline.nvim",
 	},
@@ -47,9 +50,6 @@ return {
 	},
 	{
 		"nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim",
-		dependencies = {
-			'nvim-telescope/telescope-ui-select.nvim',
-		}
 	},
 	{
 		"williamboman/mason-lspconfig.nvim",