diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
index 11b15b1..48ee312 100644
--- a/init.lua
+++ b/init.lua
@@ -1 +1,78 @@
-print("hello")
+vim.g.mapleader = ' '
+vim.g.maplocalleader = ' '
+
+vim.g.have_nerd_font = false
+
+-- show line numbers
+vim.opt.number = true
+
+-- tabs
+vim.opt.tabstop = 4
+vim.opt.softtabstop = 4
+vim.opt.shiftwidth = 4
+vim.opt.expandtab = true
+
+-- indent
+vim.opt.smartindent = true
+
+-- enable mouse
+vim.opt.mouse = 'a'
+
+-- don't show mode in bottom left
+vim.opt.showmode = false
+
+--[[
+-- Every wrapped line will continue visually indented (same amount of
+-- space as the beginning of that line), thus preserving horizontal blocks
+-- of text.
+--]]
+vim.opt.breakindent = true
+
+-- save undo history
+vim.opt.undofile = true
+
+-- Case-insensitive searching UNLESS \C or one or more capital letters in the search term
+vim.opt.ignorecase = true
+vim.opt.smartcase = true
+
+vim.opt.signcolumn = 'yes'
+
+-- decrease time until writing to swap file
+vim.opt.updatetime = 250
+
+-- decrease mapped sequence wait time
+-- displays which-key popup sooner
+vim.opt.timeoutlen = 300
+
+-- Configure how new splits should be opened
+vim.opt.splitright = true
+vim.opt.splitbelow = true
+
+-- show whitespace
+vim.opt.list = true
+vim.opt.listchars = { tab = '» ', trail = '·', nbsp = '␣' }
+
+-- preview substitutions while typing
+vim.opt.inccommand = 'split'
+
+-- Show which line your cursor is on
+vim.opt.cursorline = true
+
+-- Minimal number of screen lines to keep above and below the cursor.
+vim.opt.scrolloff = 5
+
+
+-- BASIC KEYMAPS --
+
+-- Clear highlights on search when pressing <Esc> in normal mode
+vim.keymap.set('n', '<Esc>', '<cmd>nohlsearch<CR>')
+
+
+-- BASIC AUTOCOMMANDS --
+vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd('TextYankPost', {
+  desc = 'Highlight when yanking test',
+  group = vim.api.nvim_create_augroup('highlight-yank', { clear = true }),
+  callback = function()
+    vim.highlight.on_yank()
+  end,
+})