diff --git a/.config/nvim/lua/erik/options.lua b/.config/nvim/lua/erik/options.lua
index 69fc10e..ac92e21 100644
--- a/.config/nvim/lua/erik/options.lua
+++ b/.config/nvim/lua/erik/options.lua
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ vim.opt.updatetime = 50
 
 vim.opt.signcolumn = "no" -- no no no
 
+vim.opt.mouse = nil -- leave my cursor out of this
+
+vim.opt.clipboard = "unnamedplus" -- yank to system clipboard
+
 -- from my original vimrc
 vim.opt.expandtab = true