diff --git a/init.vim b/init.vim
index 5e4357b..78d1972 100644
--- a/init.vim
+++ b/init.vim
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ set number
 " turn spelling on for text based documents
 autocmd FileType tex,latex,markdown setlocal spell spelllang=en_us
 
+" copy to the system clipboard
+set clipboard+=unnamedplus
+
 " ***********************************************************
 " ********************* install pluggins ********************
 " ***********************************************************