diff --git a/apps/neovim/.gitignore b/apps/neovim/.gitignore
index df6ea30..e705a23 100644
--- a/apps/neovim/.gitignore
+++ b/apps/neovim/.gitignore
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@
 !/settings.vim
 !/bindings.vim
 !/plugins.vim
+!/airline.vim
 !/commands.vim
diff --git a/apps/neovim/airline.vim b/apps/neovim/airline.vim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90f63db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/neovim/airline.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+let g:airline_powerline_fonts = 1
+let g:airline#extensions#tabline#enabled = 1 " automatically displays all buffers when there's only one tab open
+let g:airline#extensions#tabline#fnamemod = ':t'
+
+let g:airline#extensions#tabline#left_sep = ''
+let g:airline#extensions#tabline#left_alt_sep = ''
+let g:airline_right_alt_sep = ''
+let g:airline_right_sep = ''
+let g:airline_left_alt_sep= ''
+let g:airline_left_sep = ''
+let g:airline#extensions#tabline#buffers_label = ''
+
+let g:airline_mode_map = {
+	\ '__' : '-',
+	\ 'n'  : 'N',
+	\ 'i'  : 'I',
+	\ 'R'  : 'R',
+	\ 'T'  : 'T',
+	\ 't'  : 'T',
+	\ 'c'  : 'C',
+	\ 'v'  : 'V',
+	\ 'V'  : 'V',
+	\ '' : 'V',
+	\ 's'  : 'S',
+	\ 'S'  : 'S',
+	\ '' : 'S',
+	\ }
+