diff --git a/.config/nvim/init.vim b/.config/nvim/init.vim
index 6723a09..463b9c9 100644
--- a/.config/nvim/init.vim
+++ b/.config/nvim/init.vim
@@ -3,5 +3,40 @@
 call plug#begin('~/.local/share/nvim/plugged')
 
 Plug 'tpope/vim-sensible'
+Plug 'stephpy/vim-yaml'
 
 call plug#end()
+
+" many of these come from
+" http://stevelosh.com/blog/2010/09/coming-home-to-vim/#using-the-leader
+
+
+" sets tabs to be 4 characters, expanded into spaces, but still removable with
+" one press of backspace.
+" great explanation: http://vimcasts.org/transcripts/2/en/
+set tabstop=4
+set shiftwidth=4
+set softtabstop=4
+set expandtab
+
+" shows linenumbers relative to the one you are on, for easy movement and
+" dNUMBERd deletions
+set relativenumber
+
+" keeps an undofile next to files so that you can even undo if vim is closed
+" in between
+set undofile
+
+let mapleader = "<space>"
+
+" ignores case by default but will use case when search is specifically not
+" all lowercased
+set ignorecase
+set smartcase
+
+" remove search highlights by pressing space+n
+nnoremap <leader>n :noh<cr>
+
+" move around between matching brackets with tab
+nnoremap <tab> %
+nnoremap <tab> %