diff --git a/term/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/treesitter.lua b/term/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/treesitter.lua
index 10694c9..330f4ec 100644
--- a/term/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/treesitter.lua
+++ b/term/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/treesitter.lua
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ return {
 	build = ":TSUpdate",
 	event = { "BufReadPost", "BufNewFile" },
 	config = function()
+		-- Ensure nvim-treesitter queries are preferred over runtime queries
+		-- This fixes the "except*" syntax error with updated parsers
+		vim.opt.runtimepath:prepend(vim.fn.stdpath("data") .. "/lazy/nvim-treesitter")
+		
 		local ok, configs = pcall(require, "nvim-treesitter.configs")
 		if ok then
 			configs.setup({