diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index 18c4253..4f45c29 100644
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -83,6 +83,21 @@ au GUIEnter * set vb t_vb=
 
 syntax enable                       " enable syntax highlighting
 
+" Statusline
+
+if has('statusline')
+    set laststatus=2
+
+    " Broken down into easily includeable segments
+    set statusline=%<%f\    " Filename
+    set statusline+=%w%h%m%r " Options
+    set statusline+=%{fugitive#statusline()} "  Git Hotness
+    set statusline+=\ [%{&ff}/%Y]            " filetype
+    set statusline+=\ [%{getcwd()}]          " current dir
+    "set statusline+=\ [A=\%03.3b/H=\%02.2B] " ASCII / Hexadecimal value of char
+    set statusline+=%=%-14.(%l,%c%V%)\ %p%%  " Right aligned file nav info
+endif
+
 " VIM 7.3 FEATURES
 
 if v:version >= 703
@@ -248,9 +263,6 @@ au FileType python set noexpandtab
 au FileType javascript setlocal ts=2 sts=2 sw=2
 au BufRead,BufNewFile *.json set ft=json
 
-" always show status line
-set laststatus=2
-
 
 "" MISC FUNCTIONS
 function! FileSize()