diff --git a/lua/user/options.lua b/lua/user/options.lua
index 6b38e23..2313a8c 100644
--- a/lua/user/options.lua
+++ b/lua/user/options.lua
@@ -1,46 +1,40 @@
-local options = {
-  backup = false,                          -- creates a backup file
-  clipboard = "unnamedplus",               -- allows neovim to access the system clipboard
-  cmdheight = 2,                           -- more space in the neovim command line for displaying messages
-  completeopt = { "menuone", "noselect" }, -- mostly just for cmp
-  conceallevel = 0,                        -- so that `` is visible in markdown files
-  fileencoding = "utf-8",                  -- the encoding written to a file
-  hlsearch = true,                         -- highlight all matches on previous search pattern
-  ignorecase = true,                       -- ignore case in search patterns
-  mouse = "a",                             -- allow the mouse to be used in neovim
-  pumheight = 10,                          -- pop up menu height
-  showmode = false,                        -- we don't need to see things like -- INSERT -- anymore
-  showtabline = 2,                         -- always show tabs
-  smartcase = true,                        -- smart case
-  smartindent = true,                      -- make indenting smarter again
-  splitbelow = true,                       -- force all horizontal splits to go below current window
-  splitright = true,                       -- force all vertical splits to go to the right of current window
-  swapfile = false,                        -- creates a swapfile
-  -- termguicolors = true,                    -- set term gui colors (most terminals support this)
-  timeoutlen = 1000,                        -- time to wait for a mapped sequence to complete (in milliseconds)
-  undofile = true,                         -- enable persistent undo
-  updatetime = 300,                        -- faster completion (4000ms default)
-  writebackup = false,                     -- if a file is being edited by another program (or was written to file while editing with another program), it is not allowed to be edited
-  expandtab = true,                        -- convert tabs to spaces
-  shiftwidth = 2,                          -- the number of spaces inserted for each indentation
-  tabstop = 2,                             -- insert 2 spaces for a tab
-  cursorline = true,                       -- highlight the current line
-  number = true,                           -- set numbered lines
-  relativenumber = false,                  -- set relative numbered lines
-  numberwidth = 4,                         -- set number column width to 2 {default 4}
-  signcolumn = "yes",                      -- always show the sign column, otherwise it would shift the text each time
-  wrap = false,                            -- display lines as one long line
-  scrolloff = 8,                           -- is one of my fav
-  sidescrolloff = 8,
-  guifont = "monospace:h17",               -- the font used in graphical neovim applications
-}
+vim.opt.backup = false                          -- creates a backup file
+vim.opt.clipboard = "unnamedplus"               -- allows neovim to access the system clipboard
+vim.opt.cmdheight = 2                           -- more space in the neovim command line for displaying messages
+vim.opt.completeopt = { "menuone", "noselect" } -- mostly just for cmp
+vim.opt.conceallevel = 0                        -- so that `` is visible in markdown files
+vim.opt.fileencoding = "utf-8"                  -- the encoding written to a file
+vim.opt.hlsearch = true                         -- highlight all matches on previous search pattern
+vim.opt.ignorecase = true                       -- ignore case in search patterns
+vim.opt.mouse = "a"                             -- allow the mouse to be used in neovim
+vim.opt.pumheight = 10                          -- pop up menu height
+vim.opt.showmode = false                        -- we don't need to see things like -- INSERT -- anymore
+vim.opt.showtabline = 2                         -- always show tabs
+vim.opt.smartcase = true                        -- smart case
+vim.opt.smartindent = true                      -- make indenting smarter again
+vim.opt.splitbelow = true                       -- force all horizontal splits to go below current window
+vim.opt.splitright = true                       -- force all vertical splits to go to the right of current window
+vim.opt.swapfile = false                        -- creates a swapfile
+vim.opt.termguicolors = true                    -- set term gui colors (most terminals support this)
+vim.opt.timeoutlen = 1000                       -- time to wait for a mapped sequence to complete (in milliseconds)
+vim.opt.undofile = true                         -- enable persistent undo
+vim.opt.updatetime = 300                        -- faster completion (4000ms default)
+vim.opt.writebackup = false                     -- if a file is being edited by another program (or was written to file while editing with another program), it is not allowed to be edited
+vim.opt.expandtab = true                        -- convert tabs to spaces
+vim.opt.shiftwidth = 2                          -- the number of spaces inserted for each indentation
+vim.opt.tabstop = 2                             -- insert 2 spaces for a tab
+vim.opt.cursorline = true                       -- highlight the current line
+vim.opt.number = true                           -- set numbered lines
+vim.opt.relativenumber = false                  -- set relative numbered lines
+vim.opt.numberwidth = 4                         -- set number column width to 2 {default 4}
+vim.opt.signcolumn = "yes"                      -- always show the sign column, otherwise it would shift the text each time
+vim.opt.wrap = false                            -- display lines as one long line
+vim.opt.scrolloff = 8                           -- is one of my fav
+vim.opt.sidescrolloff = 8
+vim.opt.guifont = "monospace:h17"               -- the font used in graphical neovim applications
 
 vim.opt.shortmess:append "c"
 
-for k, v in pairs(options) do
-  vim.opt[k] = v
-end
-
 vim.cmd "set whichwrap+=<,>,[,],h,l"
 vim.cmd [[set iskeyword+=-]]
 vim.cmd [[set formatoptions-=cro]] -- TODO: this doesn't seem to work