diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index 721b526..a0ce9d8 100755
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ nmap <leader>i :set list!<CR>
 
 
 
+set nobackup       "no backup files
+set nowritebackup  "only in case you don't want a backup file while editing
+set noswapfile     "no swap files
+
+
 
 autocmd FileType python set omnifunc=pythoncomplete#Complete
 autocmd FileType javascript set omnifunc=javascriptcomplete#CompleteJS