diff --git a/configs/spacemacs-default/dot-layers.el b/configs/spacemacs-default/dot-layers.el
index 050ee678955d23a56a6161ab387ac435cd37fa3b..586e4f35762160d6ee7bac30e0a6878628556d65 100644
--- a/configs/spacemacs-default/dot-layers.el
+++ b/configs/spacemacs-default/dot-layers.el
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
    (append dotspacemacs-configuration-layers
            '(
      ;; -------- Languages
-     ;; ess
+     ess
      ;; html
      ;; latex
      ;; markdown
      ;; python
-     ;; julia
+     julia
      ;; javascript
      ;; sql
      ;; go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
      ;; org
      ;; gnus
      ;; fasd
+     lsp
 
      ;; -------- Project management
      ;; git
diff --git a/configs/spacemacs-default/dot-user-config.el b/configs/spacemacs-default/dot-user-config.el
index 55e5b5b4b29ec605c56b6a88aa9e6341572905ee..85c9209ff0c363a6d37586c42943074ce32861ca 100644
--- a/configs/spacemacs-default/dot-user-config.el
+++ b/configs/spacemacs-default/dot-user-config.el
@@ -1,2 +1,19 @@
 (defun dotspacemacs/user-config-specific ()
+  (defun ulys/config/org/babel ()
+
+    ;; FIXME julia bug - hack I have opened issue #13597 
+    (setq inferior-julia-program-name "julia") 
+
+    (custom-set-variables
+     '(org-babel-load-languages (quote ((emacs-lisp . t)
+                                        (R          . t)
+                                        (latex      . t)
+                                        (shell      . t)
+                                        (ditaa      . t)
+                                        (julia      . t)
+                                        (python     . t)
+                                        (sql        . t)
+                                        )))
+     '(org-confirm-babel-evaluate nil)))
+  (ulys/config/org/babel)
   )