diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index c83f505..3ea9764 100644
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 set number
 set autoindent
 set tabstop=4
+" makes it so that yanks/deletes go into middle click keyboard
+set clipboard=unnamed
diff --git a/zshrc b/zshrc
index 6098d38..302425c 100644
--- a/zshrc
+++ b/zshrc
@@ -118,3 +118,7 @@ exp() {
 cdmk() {
 	mkdir -p "$@" && cd "$@"
 }
+
+if which gvim &>/dev/null && ! which vim echo &>/dev/null; then
+	alias vim='gvim -v'
+fi