diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index 60cf3dc..8f405ab 100644
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ set smartindent
 set smarttab
 
 " allow backspacing over autoindent and line breaks
-set backspace=indent,eol
+set backspace=indent,eol,start
 
 " already display matches while searching
 set incsearch