diff --git a/.emacs.d/include/general.el b/.emacs.d/include/general.el
index 8974d8d..12c3a33 100644
--- a/.emacs.d/include/general.el
+++ b/.emacs.d/include/general.el
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 (setq undo-limit 200000)
 
 ;; Whitespace
-(setq show-trailing-whitespace t)
+(setq-default show-trailing-whitespace t)
 
 ;; Sentences
 ;; Emacs thinks that sentences ends with period and two spaces,