diff --git a/lua/vimtex/TOC/init.lua b/lua/vimtex/TOC/init.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b5f088f2f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/vimtex/TOC/init.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+local NuiTree = require "nui.tree"
+----TODO: make this actually lua?
+local entries = vim.cmd [[vim.eval ('vimtex#parser#toc()']]
+local tree = NuiTree { bufnr = bufnr, nodes = entries }
+tree:render()