diff --git a/core/plugins.vim b/core/plugins.vim
index e2e1809..75dafe5 100644
--- a/core/plugins.vim
+++ b/core/plugins.vim
@@ -356,6 +356,9 @@ local on_attach = function(client, bufnr)
       augroup END
     ]], false)
   end
+
+  local msg = string.format('Language server %s started!' , client.name)
+  vim.api.nvim_echo({{msg, 'MoreMsg'}, }, false, {})
 end
 
 local lspconfig = require("lspconfig")
@@ -377,13 +380,15 @@ lspconfig.pyls.setup {
 }
 
 -- set up ccls, see https://github.com/neovim/nvim-lspconfig/blob/master/CONFIG.md#ccls
-lspconfig.ccls.setup {
-  on_attach = on_attach,
-  root_dir = lspconfig.util.root_pattern("compile_commands.json", ".ccls", ".git"),
-  init_options = {
-    highlight = { lsRanges = true }
+if vim.fn.executable('ccls') then
+  lspconfig.ccls.setup {
+    on_attach = on_attach,
+    root_dir = lspconfig.util.root_pattern("compile_commands.json", ".ccls", ".git"),
+    init_options = {
+      highlight = { lsRanges = true }
+    }
   }
-}
+end
 
 -- set up vim-language-server
 lspconfig.vimls.setup{ on_attach = on_attach }