diff --git a/lisp/mitch-packages.el b/lisp/mitch-packages.el
index 4c30828..4e962dc 100644
--- a/lisp/mitch-packages.el
+++ b/lisp/mitch-packages.el
@@ -1153,7 +1153,8 @@ Taken from https://howardism.org/Technical/Emacs/eshell-why.html"
   (hl-line
    ((t (:background "#101010"))))
   (hl-column
-   ((t (:inherit hl-line)))))
+   ((t (:inherit hl-line))))
+  :hook (prog-mode . hl-col-line-init))
 
 (provide 'mitch-packages)
 ;;; mitch-packages.el ends here