diff --git a/nixos/git/home.nix b/nixos/git/home.nix
index 74df2c3d..08d47e7e 100644
--- a/nixos/git/home.nix
+++ b/nixos/git/home.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     };
     extraConfig = {
       colour.ui = true;
+      core.fsmonitor = true;
       credential = {helper = "cache";};
       diff.algorithm = "histogram";
       diff.renameLimit = 2048;