diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index 1215a76..eb2da82 100644
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ set noswapfile
 set undodir=~/.vim/undodir
 set undofile
 
+" line numbers
+set nu
+
 " indentation
 filetype plugin on
 filetype indent on