diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index c4ca281..7c0f70f 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -362,3 +362,118 @@ Version 2016-02-16"
             (if (display-graphic-p) (org-bullets-mode t))))
 
 (global-set-key (kbd "M-(") 'æ-enclose-region)
+
+;; TODO: maybe add-to-list is a better way to do it
+(setq insert-pair-alist
+      '(
+       (40 41)      ; ()
+       (91 93)      ; []
+       (123 125)    ; {}
+       (60 62)      ; <>
+       (34 34)      ; ""
+       (39 39)      ; ''
+       (96 39)      ; `'
+       (8220 8221)  ; “”
+       (8222 8221)  ; „”
+       (8216 8217)  ; ‘’
+       (8249 8250)  ; ‹›
+       (8250 8249)  ; ›‹
+       (171 187)    ; «»
+       (187 171)    ; »«
+      ))
+
+;; Other parens might be added later (in no particular order):
+; （ ）
+; ［ ］
+; ｛ ｝
+; ｟ ｠
+;
+; ⦅ ⦆
+; 〚 〛
+; ⦃ ⦄
+;; 「 」
+; 〈 〉
+; 《 》
+; 【 】
+; 〔 〕
+; ⦗ ⦘
+;
+; 『 』
+; 〖 〗
+; 〘 〙
+;
+;
+; ｢ ｣
+;
+; ⟦ ⟧
+; ⟨ ⟩
+; ⟪ ⟫
+; ⟮ ⟯
+; ⟬ ⟭
+; ⌈ ⌉
+; ⌊ ⌋
+; ⦇ ⦈
+; ⦉ ⦊
+;
+; ❛ ❜
+; ❝ ❞
+; ❨ ❩
+; ❪ ❫
+; ❴ ❵
+; ❬ ❭
+; ❮ ❯
+; ❰ ❱
+; ❲ ❳
+;
+; ﴾ ﴿
+;
+; ⏜ ⏝
+; ⎴ ⎵
+; ⏞ ⏟
+; ⏠ ⏡
+;
+; ﹁ ﹂
+; ﹃ ﹄
+; ︹ ︺
+; ︻ ︼
+; ︗ ︘
+; ︿ ﹀
+; ︽ ︾
+; ﹇ ﹈
+; ︷ ︸
+;
+; 〈 〉
+; ⦑ ⦒
+; ⧼ ⧽
+;
+; ﹙ ﹚
+; ﹛ ﹜
+; ﹝ ﹞
+;
+; ⁽ ⁾
+; ₍ ₎
+;
+; ⦋ ⦌
+; ⦍ ⦎
+; ⦏ ⦐
+; ⁅ ⁆
+;
+; ⸢ ⸣
+; ⸤ ⸥
+;
+; ⟅ ⟆
+; ⦓ ⦔
+; ⦕ ⦖
+; ⸦ ⸧
+; ⸨ ⸩
+; ⧘ ⧙
+; ⧚ ⧛
+;; ⸜ ⸝
+; ⸌ ⸍
+; ⸂ ⸃
+; ⸄ ⸅
+; ⸉ ⸊
+;
+; ᚛ ᚜
+; ༺ ༻
+; ༼ ༽