diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index d5a83f8424aaada430ebf5990896f0d449f9c997..2fa994afd9386753c4477e16a88d2b7efac31c3b 100644
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ call plug#end()
 
 colorscheme sorbet
 hi Normal guibg=NONE ctermbg=NONE
+hi StatusLine ctermbg=black ctermfg=darkgray
+
 set number relativenumber autoindent signcolumn=yes
 set hidden nowrap nobackup noswapfile autoread updatetime=300
 set encoding=utf8 spelllang=en_us