diff --git a/dot_vimrc b/dot_vimrc
index c4ee589..3e4a37a 100644
--- a/dot_vimrc
+++ b/dot_vimrc
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ if filereadable(expand('~/.vimrc_plugins'))
 endif
 
 Plug 'tpope/vim-sensible'
+Plug 'tveskag/nvim-blame-line'
 Plug 'neoclide/coc.nvim', {'branch': 'release'}
 
 Plug 'vim-airline/vim-airline'
@@ -241,6 +242,9 @@ let g:indentLine_fileTypeExclude = ['startify', 'floaterm', 'coc-explorer', 'coc
 " avoid for markdown as it sets the conceallevel to 2
 autocmd FileType markdown let g:indentLine_enabled=0
 
+" turn on gitblame by default
+autocmd BufEnter * EnableBlameLine
+
 " install coc extensions
 let g:coc_global_extensions = [
       \ 'coc-highlight',