diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..579cc09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+config/configstore/
diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index 30f7cea..85bcad2 100644
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ endif
 syntax enable
 filetype plugin indent on
 colorscheme monokai
+highlight Comment ctermfg=blue " make comments readable
 set autoindent
 set autoread                                                 " reload files when changed on disk, i.e. via `git checkout`
 set backspace=2                                              " Fix broken backspace in some setups