diff --git a/init.plugins.vim b/init.plugins.vim
index 42610ac..1da2cdc 100644
--- a/init.plugins.vim
+++ b/init.plugins.vim
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ Plug '~/nvim-paper-tonic'
 	Plug 'quangnguyen30192/cmp-nvim-ultisnips', { 'branch': 'main' }
 
   "}}}
+"   #indent-blankline.nvim {{{
+  " https://github.com/lukas-reineke/indent-blankline.nvim
+  Plug 'lukas-reineke/indent-blankline.nvim'
+  "}}}
 
 " keeping
 "   #vim-hexokinase {{{
@@ -327,7 +331,7 @@ runtime macros/matchit.vim
 lua <<EOF
 	require('init-plugins')
 	require('init-treesitter')
-	-- require('init-efm-langserver')
+	require('init-indent-blankline')
 	require('init-null-ls')
 	require('init-lspconfig')
 	require('init-cmp')
diff --git a/lua/init-indent-blankline.lua b/lua/init-indent-blankline.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8b35c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/init-indent-blankline.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+
+require("indent_blankline").setup {
+	space_char_blankline = " ",
+
+		show_current_context = true,
+}
+
+vim.cmd [[
+	highlight IndentBlanklineChar guifg=#e5e5e5 gui=nocombine
+	highlight IndentBlanklineContextChar guifg=#666666 gui=nocombine
+]]
diff --git a/lua/init-lspconfig.lua b/lua/init-lspconfig.lua
index 4803b76..109f99d 100644
--- a/lua/init-lspconfig.lua
+++ b/lua/init-lspconfig.lua
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ local nvim_lsp = require('lspconfig')
 -- map buffer local keybindings when the language server attaches
 local servers = {
 	-- npm i -g bash-language-server
-	-- TODO - don't run for sh files but have something else instead - shellcheck?
 	-- no formatting support
 	'bashls',