diff --git a/.vimrc b/.vimrc
index e721bfc..712d221 100644
--- a/.vimrc
+++ b/.vimrc
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ highlight lineNr ctermfg=grey cterm=italic
 " test out some other things
 
 autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile ~/tmp/post setlocal spell spelllang=en_us wrap
-autocmd FileType h setlocal noet ts=4 sw=4
-autocmd FileType c setlocal noet ts=4 sw=4
-autocmd FileType cpp setlocal noet ts=4 sw=4
+autocmd FileType h setlocal et ts=4 sw=4
+autocmd FileType c setlocal et ts=4 sw=4
+autocmd FileType cpp setlocal et ts=4 sw=4
 autocmd FileType go setlocal noet ts=4 sw=4
 autocmd FileType mail setlocal noautoindent spell spelllang=en_us
 autocmd FileType python setlocal et ts=4 sw=4