diff --git a/after/plugin/defaults.lua b/after/plugin/defaults.lua
index 7ef2233f..5c8db5a1 100644
--- a/after/plugin/defaults.lua
+++ b/after/plugin/defaults.lua
@@ -105,3 +105,10 @@ vim.o.hidden = true
 
 -- Copy paste between vim and everything else
 vim.o.clipboard = "unnamedplus"
+
+-- diagnostic symbols
+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
diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
index 5a027769..08537543 100644
--- a/init.lua
+++ b/init.lua
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ require('lazy').setup({
   -- NOTE: Next Step on Your Neovim Journey: Add/Configure additional "plugins" for kickstart
   --       These are some example plugins that I've included in the kickstart repository.
   --       Uncomment any of the lines below to enable them.
-  -- require 'kickstart.plugins.autoformat',
+  require 'kickstart.plugins.autoformat',
   -- require 'kickstart.plugins.debug',
 
   -- NOTE: The import below automatically adds your own plugins, configuration, etc from `lua/custom/plugins/*.lua`