diff --git a/NeoVimServer/CocoaCategories.h b/NeoVimServer/CocoaCategories.h
index e55226d8..482b1f9a 100644
--- a/NeoVimServer/CocoaCategories.h
+++ b/NeoVimServer/CocoaCategories.h
@@ -15,5 +15,6 @@
 @interface NSString (NeoVimServer)
 
 @property (readonly, nonnull) const char *cstr;
+@property (readonly) NSUInteger clength;
 
 @end
diff --git a/NeoVimServer/CocoaCategories.m b/NeoVimServer/CocoaCategories.m
index 5ecf4f44..42b45f41 100644
--- a/NeoVimServer/CocoaCategories.m
+++ b/NeoVimServer/CocoaCategories.m
@@ -19,4 +19,8 @@
   return [self cStringUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
 }
 
+- (NSUInteger)clength {
+  return [self lengthOfBytesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
+}
+
 @end
diff --git a/NeoVimServer/NeoVimMsgIds.h b/NeoVimServer/NeoVimMsgIds.h
index a0215634..8ea74d56 100644
--- a/NeoVimServer/NeoVimMsgIds.h
+++ b/NeoVimServer/NeoVimMsgIds.h
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ typedef NS_ENUM(NSUInteger, NeoVimAgentMsgId) {
   NeoVimAgentMsgIdGetBuffers,
   NeoVimAgentMsgIdGetTabs,
 
+  NeoVimAgentMsgIdGetBoolOption,
+  NeoVimAgentMsgIdSetBoolOption,
+
 #ifdef DEBUG
   NeoVimAgentDebug1,
 #endif
diff --git a/NeoVimServer/NeoVimServer.m b/NeoVimServer/NeoVimServer.m
index c63214c4..69e94d32 100644
--- a/NeoVimServer/NeoVimServer.m
+++ b/NeoVimServer/NeoVimServer.m
@@ -251,6 +251,20 @@ static CFDataRef local_server_callback(CFMessagePortRef local, SInt32 msgid, CFD
       return [NSKeyedArchiver archivedDataWithRootObject:server_tabs()];
     }
 
+    case NeoVimAgentMsgIdGetBoolOption: {
+      NSString *optionName = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:data encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
+      return [NSKeyedArchiver archivedDataWithRootObject:server_get_bool_option(optionName)];
+    }
+
+    case NeoVimAgentMsgIdSetBoolOption: {
+      bool *values = (bool *) data.bytes;
+      const char *string = (const char *)(values + 1);
+      NSString *optionName = [[NSString alloc] initWithCString:string encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
+
+      server_set_bool_option(optionName, values[0]);
+      return nil;
+    }
+
     default:
       return nil;
   }
diff --git a/NeoVimServer/server_globals.h b/NeoVimServer/server_globals.h
index 31eecda5..2f1ed92e 100644
--- a/NeoVimServer/server_globals.h
+++ b/NeoVimServer/server_globals.h
@@ -21,5 +21,7 @@ extern bool server_has_dirty_docs();
 extern NSString *server_escaped_filename(NSString *filename);
 extern NSArray *server_buffers();
 extern NSArray *server_tabs();
+extern id <NSCoding> server_get_bool_option(NSString *option);
+extern void server_set_bool_option(NSString *option, bool value);
 extern void server_select_win(int window_handle);
 extern void server_quit();
diff --git a/NeoVimServer/server_ui.m b/NeoVimServer/server_ui.m
index 7be9c3c4..f3dd091b 100644
--- a/NeoVimServer/server_ui.m
+++ b/NeoVimServer/server_ui.m
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ static inline void queue(void (^block)()) {
   });
 }
 
+static inline String vim_string_from(NSString *str) {
+  return (String) { .data = (char *) str.cstr, .size = str.clength };
+}
+
 static void set_ui_size(UIBridgeData *bridge, int width, int height) {
   bridge->ui->width = width;
   bridge->ui->height = height;
@@ -411,10 +415,7 @@ static void neovim_command(void **argv) {
     NSString *input = (NSString *) argv[0];
 
     Error err;
-    nvim_command((String) {
-        .data = (char *) input.cstr,
-        .size = [input lengthOfBytesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]
-    }, &err);
+    nvim_command(vim_string_from(input), &err);
 
     // FIXME: handle err.set == true
 
@@ -436,10 +437,7 @@ static void neovim_command_output(void **argv) {
     //     .size = [input lengthOfBytesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]
     // }, &err);
     do_cmdline_cmd("redir => v:command_output");
-    nvim_command((String) {
-        .data = (char *) input.cstr,
-        .size = [input lengthOfBytesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]
-    }, &err);
+    nvim_command(vim_string_from(input), &err);
     do_cmdline_cmd("redir END");
 
     char_u *output = get_vim_var_str(VV_COMMAND_OUTPUT);
@@ -462,10 +460,7 @@ static void neovim_input(void **argv) {
     NSString *input = (NSString *) argv[0];
 
     // FIXME: check the length of the consumed bytes by neovim and if not fully consumed, call vim_input again.
-    nvim_input((String) {
-        .data = (char *) input.cstr,
-        .size = [input lengthOfBytesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]
-    });
+    nvim_input(vim_string_from(input));
 
     [input release]; // retained in loop_schedule(&main_loop, ...) (in _queue) somewhere
   }
@@ -802,6 +797,38 @@ void server_select_win(int window_handle) {
   }
 }
 
+id <NSCoding> server_get_bool_option(NSString *option) {
+  Error err;
+  Object result = nvim_get_option(vim_string_from(option), &err);
+
+  if (err.set) {
+    WLOG("Error getting the option '%s': %s", option.cstr, err.msg);
+    return NSNull.null;
+  }
+
+  switch (result.type) {
+    case kObjectTypeBoolean:
+      return [@(result.data.boolean) autorelease];
+    default:
+      WLOG("The result type was %d, not a boolean value for '%s'", result.type, option.cstr);
+      return NSNull.null;
+  }
+}
+
+void server_set_bool_option(NSString *option, bool value) {
+  Error err;
+
+  Object object = OBJECT_INIT;
+  object.type = kObjectTypeBoolean;
+  object.data.boolean = value;
+
+  nvim_set_option(vim_string_from(option), object, &err);
+
+  if (err.set) {
+    WLOG("Error setting the option '%s' to %d: %s", option.cstr, value, err.msg);
+  }
+}
+
 void server_quit() {
   DLOG("NeoVimServer exiting...");
   exit(0);
diff --git a/SwiftNeoVim/NeoVimAgent.h b/SwiftNeoVim/NeoVimAgent.h
index a05b15da..9ca4d65b 100644
--- a/SwiftNeoVim/NeoVimAgent.h
+++ b/SwiftNeoVim/NeoVimAgent.h
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
 - (NSArray<NSString *> *)escapedFileNames:(NSArray<NSString *> *)fileNames;
 - (NSArray<NeoVimBuffer *> *)buffers;
 - (NSArray<NeoVimTab*> *)tabs;
+- (bool)boolOption:(NSString *)option;
+- (void)setBoolOption:(NSString *)option to:(bool)value;
 - (void)selectWindow:(NeoVimWindow *)window;
 
 @end
diff --git a/SwiftNeoVim/NeoVimAgent.m b/SwiftNeoVim/NeoVimAgent.m
index b679eba3..e154c4fe 100644
--- a/SwiftNeoVim/NeoVimAgent.m
+++ b/SwiftNeoVim/NeoVimAgent.m
@@ -225,6 +225,31 @@ static CFDataRef local_server_callback(CFMessagePortRef local, SInt32 msgid, CFD
   return [self escapedFileNames:@[ fileName ]][0];
 }
 
+- (bool)boolOption:(NSString *)option {
+  NSData *data = [option dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
+  NSData *response = [self sendMessageWithId:NeoVimAgentMsgIdGetBoolOption data:data expectsReply:YES];
+  id object = [NSKeyedUnarchiver unarchiveObjectWithData:response];
+
+  if ([object isKindOfClass:[NSNumber class]]) {
+    return ((NSNumber *) object).boolValue;
+  }
+
+  return NO;
+}
+
+- (void)setBoolOption:(NSString *)option to:(bool)value {
+  NSMutableData *data = [NSMutableData new];
+
+  bool values[] = { value };
+  const char *cstr = [option cStringUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
+  NSUInteger clength = [option lengthOfBytesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
+
+  [data appendBytes:values length:sizeof(bool)];
+  [data appendBytes:cstr length:clength + 1];
+
+  [self sendMessageWithId:NeoVimAgentMsgIdSetBoolOption data:data expectsReply:YES];
+}
+
 - (void)selectWindow:(NeoVimWindow *)window {
   int values[] = { (int) window.handle };
   NSData *data = [[NSData alloc] initWithBytes:values length:sizeof(int)];
diff --git a/SwiftNeoVim/NeoVimView.swift b/SwiftNeoVim/NeoVimView.swift
index f5f416ba..927d0fc6 100644
--- a/SwiftNeoVim/NeoVimView.swift
+++ b/SwiftNeoVim/NeoVimView.swift
@@ -200,8 +200,7 @@ public class NeoVimView: NSView, NSUserInterfaceValidations {
 
   @IBAction public func debug1(_ sender: AnyObject!) {
     NSLog("DEBUG 1 - Start")
-    let buffers = self.agent.tabs().map { $0.allBuffers() }.flatMap { $0 }
-    NSLog("\(Set(buffers))")
+    self.agent.setBoolOption("paste", to: true)
     NSLog("DEBUG 1 - End")
   }