diff --git a/lua/kickstart/plugins/neo-tree.lua b/lua/kickstart/plugins/neo-tree.lua
index bd442269..9619b175 100644
--- a/lua/kickstart/plugins/neo-tree.lua
+++ b/lua/kickstart/plugins/neo-tree.lua
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ return {
   },
   opts = {
     filesystem = {
+      filtered_items = {
+        visible = true,
+        hide_dotfiles = false,
+        hide_gitignored = true,
+      },
       window = {
         mappings = {
           ['\\'] = 'close_window',