diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
index 12e5c9c..eb5fb3b 100644
--- a/init.lua
+++ b/init.lua
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+require('settings')
 require('plugins')
 require('themes')
diff --git a/lua/settings.lua b/lua/settings.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6a4fc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/settings.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+-- source file everytime it changes
+vim.cmd([[
+  augroup user_settings
+    autocmd!
+    autocmd BufWritePost settings.lua source <afile>
+  augroup end
+]])
+
+vim.opt.number = true