diff --git a/neovim/default.nix b/neovim/default.nix
index b23411f..e73ac3c 100644
--- a/neovim/default.nix
+++ b/neovim/default.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
         # theme
         nvim-solarized-lua
 
+        # keep window layout when deleting buffers
+        vim-bbye
+
         # auto-close brackets, etc
         nvim-autopairs
 
diff --git a/neovim/keymaps.lua b/neovim/keymaps.lua
index 64f8b70..fecfaca 100644
--- a/neovim/keymaps.lua
+++ b/neovim/keymaps.lua
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("TermOpen", {
 })
 
 -- buffer closing
-nnoremap("gq", ":bdelete<CR>")
+nnoremap("gq", ":Bdelete<CR>")
 
 -- toggle search highlighting
 vim.cmd('nnoremap <expr> * v:hlsearch ? ":nohlsearch<cr>" : "*"')