diff --git a/home/programs/neovim/default.nix b/home/programs/neovim/default.nix
index dc499a6..d6a584c 100644
--- a/home/programs/neovim/default.nix
+++ b/home/programs/neovim/default.nix
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@
 }: {
   programs.neovim = {
     enable = true;
+    extraConfig = lib.fileContents ./init.vim;
   };
 }
diff --git a/home/programs/neovim/init.vim b/home/programs/neovim/init.vim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f12857
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/programs/neovim/init.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+set nocompatible
+filetype on
+filetype plugin on
+filetype indent on
+
+" syntax on
+syntax on
+
+" num highlighting on
+set number
+
+" tab stuff
+set shiftwidth=4
+set tabstop=4
+set softtabstop=4
+set expandtab
+
+set nobackup
+set scrolloff=10
+set incsearch
+set ignorecase
+set filetype=on
+set smartcase
+set nowrap
+set showcmd
+set showmode
+set showmatch
+set hlsearch
+set history=1000
+set wildmenu
+set wildmode=list:longest
+set wildignore=*.docx,*.jpg,*.png,*gif,*.pdf,*.pyc,*.exe,*.flv,*.img,*.png
+set noswapfile
+set wildmode=longest,list
+set cc=80
+set colorcolumn=0
+set t_Co=256
+let s:fontsize = 12
+
+" don't give |ins-completion-menu| messages.
+set shortmess+=c
+
+" Clear highlighting on escape in normal mode
+nnoremap <esc> :noh<return><esc>
+nnoremap <esc>^[ <esc>^[