diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index 3ea9764..f29f619 100644
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ set autoindent
 set tabstop=4
 " makes it so that yanks/deletes go into middle click keyboard
 set clipboard=unnamed
+set backspace=indent,eol,start