diff --git a/vim/config/settings.vim b/vim/config/settings.vim
index 6e18ab5..839d628 100644
--- a/vim/config/settings.vim
+++ b/vim/config/settings.vim
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     "BEHAVIOUR: {{{
         set history=250 "size of the undo history
         set whichwrap=b,s,<,>,[,] "scrolling left/right off current line wraps to the next/previous
-        set smarttab expandtab autoindent tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 "configure tabs
+        set smarttab expandtab autoindent smartindent tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 "configure tabs
         set hlsearch incsearch ignorecase smartcase "configure how search behaves
         set timeout timeoutlen=500 "how long before timing out for mappings
         set ttimeout ttimeoutlen=100 "how long before timing out for terminal key codes