diff --git a/editors/vscode/package.json b/editors/vscode/package.json
index 40b5d6367..58bdb02f5 100644
--- a/editors/vscode/package.json
+++ b/editors/vscode/package.json
@@ -1166,4 +1166,4 @@
     "ovsx": "^0.8.3",
     "typescript": "^5.2.2"
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/editors/vscode/package.other.json b/editors/vscode/package.other.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d1b7fb68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/editors/vscode/package.other.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "vscode://schemas/vscode-extensions",
+  "contributes": {
+    "configuration": {
+      "properties": {
+        "tinymist.preview.background": {
+          "markdownDescription": "This configuration is only used for the editors that doesn't support lsp well, e.g. helix and zed. When it is enabled, the preview server is started in the background with a random port. You can discover the background previewers by running `tinymist preview`.",
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "default": false
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}