diff --git a/users/kat/base/vim/default.nix b/users/kat/base/vim/default.nix
index 51bb8f17..23a9c6fa 100644
--- a/users/kat/base/vim/default.nix
+++ b/users/kat/base/vim/default.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   home.sessionVariables.EDITOR = "vim";
   programs.vim = {
     enable = true;
+    settings = {};
     package = pkgs.vim_configurable-pynvim;
     #withPython3 = true;
     plugins = with pkgs.vimPlugins; [
diff --git a/users/kat/base/vim/vimrc.nix b/users/kat/base/vim/vimrc.nix
index 0d3097aa..45e98331 100644
--- a/users/kat/base/vim/vimrc.nix
+++ b/users/kat/base/vim/vimrc.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 { config, pkgs }:
 
 ''
-    " Enable mouse 
+    source ${pkgs.writeText "vimrc" ''
+    set encoding=utf-8
+    scriptencoding utf-8
+    set list listchars=tab:»\ ,extends:›,precedes:‹,nbsp:·,trail:✖
+    ''}";
+    " Enable mouse
     set mouse=a
 
     set viminfo='100000,<100000,s1000,h,n$XDG_DATA_HOME/vim/viminfo 
@@ -41,7 +46,6 @@
     set directory=$XDG_DATA_HOME/vim/swap//
     set backupdir=$XDG_DATA_HOME/vim/backup
 
-    set list listchars=tab:»\ ,extends:›,precedes:‹,nbsp:·,trail:·
     set ttimeoutlen=100
     set number
     set hidden