diff --git a/.vimrc b/.vimrc
index ebeefa3..f772dac 100644
--- a/.vimrc
+++ b/.vimrc
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ set noerrorbells
 set spell
 colorscheme vim
 
+" Margins
+foldcolumn=2
+highlight FoldColumn guibg=background
+
 " Line wrapping in Markdown files 
 autocmd FileType markdown setlocal linebreak
 autocmd FileType markdown noremap j gj