diff --git a/nvim/init.vim b/nvim/init.vim
index bbae77a..e1b6d9a 100644
--- a/nvim/init.vim
+++ b/nvim/init.vim
@@ -3,12 +3,7 @@ let &packpath=&runtimepath
 source ~/.vimrc
 
 call plug#begin()
-"Plug 'morhetz/gruvbox'
 Plug 'ellisonleao/gruvbox.nvim'
-"Plug 'vim-airline/vim-airline'
-"Plug 'vim-airline/vim-airline-themes'
-"Plug 'ghifarit53/tokyonight-vim'
-"Plug 'airblade/vim-gitgutter'
 Plug 'folke/tokyonight.nvim'
 Plug 'nvim-lua/plenary.nvim'
 Plug 'nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons'
@@ -16,21 +11,8 @@ Plug 'MunifTanjim/nui.nvim'
 Plug 'nvim-neo-tree/neo-tree.nvim', { 'branch': 'v3.x' }
 Plug 'lewis6991/gitsigns.nvim' " OPTIONAL: for git status
 Plug 'nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons' " OPTIONAL: for file icons
-"Plug 'romgrk/barbar.nvim'
 Plug 'freddiehaddad/feline.nvim'
-"Plug 'epwalsh/obsidian.nvim'
-"Plug 'hrsh7th/nvim-cmp'
 Plug 'neovim/nvim-lspconfig'
-"Plug 'hrsh7th/cmp-nvim-lsp'
-"Plug 'hrsh7th/cmp-buffer'
-"Plug 'hrsh7th/cmp-path'
-"Plug 'hrsh7th/cmp-cmdline'
-"Plug 'hrsh7th/nvim-cmp'
-" For vsnip users.
-"Plug 'hrsh7th/cmp-vsnip'
-"Plug 'hrsh7th/vim-vsnip'
-"Plug 'rafamadriz/friendly-snippets'
-"Plug 'mathworks/MATLAB-extension-for-vscode'
 " main one
 Plug 'ms-jpq/coq_nvim', {'branch': 'coq'}
 " 9000+ Snippets
@@ -41,28 +23,16 @@ Plug 'justinhj/battery.nvim'
 Plug 'MunifTanjim/nui.nvim'
 Plug 'rcarriga/nvim-notify'
 Plug 'folke/noice.nvim'
-"Plug 'iamcco/markdown-preview.nvim', { 'do': 'cd app && npx --yes yarn install' }
 Plug 'luukvbaal/statuscol.nvim'
-"Plug 'linrongbin16/lsp-progress.nvim'
 call plug#end()
 
-set bg=dark
-colo default
-"let g:airline_theme = 'gruvbox'
-"let g:airline_powerline_fonts = 1
-
 set noshowmode
 
 if exists("g:neovide")
 	set guifont=GeistMono_Nerd_Font:h10:cANSI:qDRAFT
 endif
 
-"set updatetime=100
-"set signcolumn=yes:1
-"let &stc='%s%=%{v:relnum?v:relnum:v:lnum} '
-
 set laststatus=3
-set spell
 
 " .config/nvim/lua/init.lua
 lua require('init')
diff --git a/vim/.vimrc b/vim/.vimrc
index 55c3cc4..40a9730 100644
--- a/vim/.vimrc
+++ b/vim/.vimrc
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ filetype indent on
 syntax on
 set cursorline
 set cursorcolumn
+set nospell
+
+" disable wrapping
+set nowrap
 
 " relative line numbers
 set number
@@ -12,20 +16,30 @@ set relativenumber
 
 " colours
 set termguicolors
-colo tokyonight
+set bg=dark
+colo quiet
+highlight Keyword gui=bold
+highlight Comment gui=italic
+highlight Constant guifg=#999999
+highlight NormalFloat guibg=#333333
+highlight CursorLineNr guibg=NONE gui=bold
 
+""" MARKDOWN
 " have j and k navigate visual lines rather than logical ones in markdown
-autocmd FileType markdown nmap <buffer> j gj
-autocmd FileType markdown nmap <buffer> k gk
+" wrap text and split on words
+" turn spell check on
+autocmd FileType markdown 
+			\nmap <buffer> j gj|
+			\nmap <buffer> k gk|
+			\setlocal wrap|
+			\setlocal linebreak|
+			\setlocal nolist|
+			\setlocal spell|
+			\setlocal spelllang=en_gb|
 
 " use H and L for beginning/end of line
 map H ^
 map L $
 
-" wrap text and split on words
-set wrap
-set linebreak
-set nolist
-
 set shiftwidth=4
 set tabstop=4