diff --git a/after/plugin/defaults.lua b/after/plugin/defaults.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index 449b0a8..0000000
--- a/after/plugin/defaults.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-vim.opt.backup = false
-vim.opt.swapfile = false
-vim.opt.writebackup = false
-
-vim.opt.colorcolumn = { 80, 120 }
-vim.opt.shiftwidth = 2
-vim.opt.tabstop = 2
-
-vim.opt.showmode = false
-vim.opt.relativenumber = true
-vim.opt.listchars = 'tab:» ,extends:›,precedes:‹,nbsp:·,trail:·,eol:↵'
-
-vim.opt.hlsearch = true
-
--- global status line ftw
-vim.opt.laststatus = 3
--- sometimes handy, sometimes not, still evaluating
-vim.opt.winbar = '%=%m %f'
-
-vim.opt.splitbelow = true
-vim.opt.splitright = true
-
-vim.opt.scrolloff = 4
-vim.opt.sidescrolloff = 4
-
-vim.opt.spelllang = { 'en_us', 'en_gb', 'de' }
-
-vim.opt.foldlevelstart = 99
diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
index 9e48b14..e7ead98 100644
--- a/init.lua
+++ b/init.lua
@@ -157,9 +157,36 @@ require('lazy').setup({
 
 -- [[ Setting options ]]
 -- See `:help vim.o`
+--
+
+-- look mom, no backups
+vim.o.backup = false
+vim.o.swapfile = false
+vim.o.writebackup = false
+
+vim.o.colorcolumn = '80,120'
+vim.o.shiftwidth = 2
+vim.o.tabstop = 2
+
+-- global status line ftw
+vim.opt.laststatus = 3
+
+-- well, do I recall what this does? I don't atm
+vim.o.splitbelow = true
+vim.o.splitright = true
+
+-- spelling
+vim.o.spelllang = 'en_us,en_gb,de'
+
+-- scrolloff
+vim.o.scrolloff = 4
+vim.o.sidescrolloff = 4
+
+-- sometimes handy, sometimes not, still evaluating
+vim.o.winbar = '%=%m %f'
 
 -- Set highlight on search
-vim.o.hlsearch = false
+vim.o.hlsearch = true
 
 -- Make line numbers default
 vim.wo.number = true