diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index 5fb6e12..b863a6d 100644
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ set smartcase
 set smarttab
 set spl=en_gb nospell
 set tabstop=8
+set textwidth=72
 set ttimeout
 set ttimeoutlen=100
 set ttyfast