diff --git a/users/profiles/nvim/default.nix b/users/profiles/nvim/default.nix
index 1a63ef11..ea0262cd 100644
--- a/users/profiles/nvim/default.nix
+++ b/users/profiles/nvim/default.nix
@@ -313,6 +313,11 @@ in
 
       " lua config 
       lua <<EOF
+      local signs = { Error = " ", Warn = " ", Hint = " ", Info = " " }
+      for type, icon in pairs(signs) do
+        local hl = "DiagnosticSign" .. type
+        vim.fn.sign_define(hl, { text = icon, texthl = hl, numhl = hl })
+      end
       vim.g.diagnostics_active = true
       function _G.toggle_diagnostics()
         if vim.g.diagnostics_active then