diff --git a/lua/plugins/nvim_neorg.lua b/lua/plugins/nvim_neorg.lua
index 5697bda..20727b5 100644
--- a/lua/plugins/nvim_neorg.lua
+++ b/lua/plugins/nvim_neorg.lua
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ return {
             pattern = { "*.norg" },
             command = "setlocal spell spelllang=en_gb",
         })
+        vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd({ "BufReadPre", "BufNewFile" }, {
+            pattern = { "*.norg" },
+            command = "setlocal textwidth=79",
+        })
         vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd({ "BufReadPost", "BufNewFile" }, {
             pattern = { "*.norg" },
             command = "lua require('nabla').enable_virt()",