diff --git a/home/common/nixvim.nix b/home/common/nixvim.nix
index d56c9dd..b8b845c 100644
--- a/home/common/nixvim.nix
+++ b/home/common/nixvim.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,40 @@
     ripgrep.enable = true;
     nixvim = {
       globals.mapleader = " ";
+      opts = {
+        number = true;
+        relativenumber = false;
+        termguicolors = true;
+        completeopt = [
+          "menuone"
+          "noselect"
+          "noinsert"
+        ];
+        # Always show the signcolumn, otherwise text would be shifted when displaying error icons
+        signcolumn = "yes";
+        mouse = "a";
+        ignorecase = true;
+        smartcase = true;
+        splitright = true;
+        splitbelow = true;
+        list = true;
+        # NOTE: .__raw here means that this field is raw lua code
+        listchars.__raw = "{ tab = '» ', trail = '·', nbsp = '␣' }";
+        expandtab = true;
+        tabstop = 4;
+        shiftwidth = 2;
+        softtabstop = 0;
+        smarttab = true;
+        clipboard = {
+          providers.wl-copy.enable = true; # Use wl-copy for wayland and xsel for Xorg
+          register = "unnamedplus";
+        };
+        encoding = "utf-8";
+        fileencoding = "utf-8";
+        cursorline = true;
+        ruler = true;
+        scrolloff = 5;
+      };
       keymaps = [
         {
           key = "<Tab>";
@@ -38,7 +72,15 @@
       defaultEditor = true;
       # colorschemes.dracula.enable = true;
       colorschemes.catppuccin.enable = true;
-      extraConfigLuaPost = "vim.opt.conceallevel = 2";
+      extraConfigLuaPost = ''
+        vim.opt.conceallevel = 2
+        vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("FileType", {
+          pattern = "markdown",
+          callback = function()
+            vim.opt_local.spell = true
+          end,
+        })
+      '';
       plugins = {
         airline.enable = true;
         alpha = {