diff --git a/applicationConfiguration/.emacs/init.el b/applicationConfiguration/.emacs/init.el
index c23b503..738b9e7 100644
--- a/applicationConfiguration/.emacs/init.el
+++ b/applicationConfiguration/.emacs/init.el
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
       (file "~/Nextcloud/Documentsy/org/refile-beorg.org")
       "" :immediate-finish t)))
  '(package-selected-packages
-   '(weechat jedi python-mode pylint py-autopep8 powershell outline-magic markdown-mode magit flycheck exec-path-from-shell elpygen elpy ein doom-themes csharp-mode)))
+   '(pdf-tools weechat jedi python-mode pylint py-autopep8 powershell outline-magic markdown-mode magit flycheck exec-path-from-shell elpygen elpy ein doom-themes csharp-mode)))
 
 
 ;; run emacs as server (connect to it with `emacsclient`)
@@ -130,6 +130,12 @@
 ;; PYTHON CONFIGURATION
 ;; --------------------------------------
 
+;; enable org-mode babel python code blocks
+(org-babel-do-load-languages
+  'org-babel-load-languages
+    '((python . t)
+      (matlab . t)))
+
 (elpy-enable)
 (setq python-shell-interpreter "python3"
       python-shell-interpreter-args "-i")