diff --git a/vim/colors/customred256.vim b/vim/colors/customred256.vim
index ccac5e7..556bd1a 100644
--- a/vim/colors/customred256.vim
+++ b/vim/colors/customred256.vim
@@ -308,7 +308,8 @@ endif
 hi VertSplit						ctermfg=233 ctermbg=233 term=none cterm=none
 hi Folded								ctermfg=243 ctermbg=232 cterm=bold term=bold
 hi FoldColumn						ctermfg=239 ctermbg=232 cterm=bold term=bold
-hi LineNr								ctermfg=235 ctermbg=none cterm=none
+hi LineNr								ctermfg=239 ctermbg=none cterm=none
+hi CursorLineNr					ctermfg=243 ctermbg=none cterm=none
 hi EndOfBuffer					ctermfg=233 ctermbg=none
 hi ColorColumn					ctermbg=233
 hi SignColumn						ctermfg=255 ctermbg=none
diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index 5e80d15..96348b1 100644
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ set hidden
 
 set bg=dark
 " set number
-set nonumber
+set number relativenumber
 set hlsearch " highlight searches
 
 " set width of the fold column to create a margin