diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index fe7a134..2fd7238 100644
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ set background=dark
 " Highlight the screen line of the cursor
 set cursorline
 
-" Ignore case in search patterns
-set ignorecase
+" Ignore case in search patterns and hihglight search results
+set ignorecase hlsearch
 
 " enable syntax highlighting
 syntax on