diff --git a/home/emacs/init.el b/home/emacs/init.el
index e05e383..dd3ff37 100644
--- a/home/emacs/init.el
+++ b/home/emacs/init.el
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
 (column-number-mode)
 
 ;; line numbers, not quite everywhere
-(setq display-line-numbers-type 'relative)
+(setq-default display-line-numbers-type 'relative)
 (add-hook 'prog-mode-hook #'display-line-numbers-mode)
 (add-hook 'text-mode #'display-line-numbers-mode)