diff --git a/.emacs.d/init.el b/.emacs.d/init.el
index 698dba7..1eddfd7 100644
--- a/.emacs.d/init.el
+++ b/.emacs.d/init.el
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
       vc-follow-symlinks t
       custom-file (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/custom.el")
       gc-cons-threshold 100000000)
+(setq-default show-trailing-whitespace t)
 (load-theme 'fred t)
 (savehist-mode 1)
 (show-paren-mode 1)