diff --git a/lua/lazyvim/plugins/extras/lang/tex.lua b/lua/lazyvim/plugins/extras/lang/tex.lua
index 870a3fda..2f7b6017 100644
--- a/lua/lazyvim/plugins/extras/lang/tex.lua
+++ b/lua/lazyvim/plugins/extras/lang/tex.lua
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ return {
   -- Add BibTeX/LaTeX to treesitter
   {
     "nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter",
+    init = function()
+      if
+        vim.fn.argc() > 0 and vim.fn.isdirectory(vim.fn.argv(0) --[[@as string]]) ~= 1
+      then
+        vim.g.treesitter_disable_highlight = { "latex" }
+      end
+    end,
     opts = function(_, opts)
       opts.highlight = opts.highlight or {}
       if type(opts.ensure_installed) == "table" then
diff --git a/lua/lazyvim/util/plugin.lua b/lua/lazyvim/util/plugin.lua
index 92c75540..b84d4590 100644
--- a/lua/lazyvim/util/plugin.lua
+++ b/lua/lazyvim/util/plugin.lua
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ function M.lazy_file()
       if ft then
         -- Add treesitter highlights and fallback to syntax
         local lang = vim.treesitter.language.get_lang(ft)
+        if vim.tbl_contains(vim.g.treesitter_disable_highlight or {}, lang) then
+          lang = nil
+        end
         if not (lang and pcall(vim.treesitter.start, event.buf, lang)) then
           vim.bo[event.buf].syntax = ft
         end