diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index efc28ea..8a0ee61 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -70,8 +70,9 @@
   (require 'mitch-packages)
 
   ;; Absolute line numbers. Relative ones are an annoyance to set up, sadly.
-  (global-display-line-numbers-mode)
-  (defvar display-line-numbers-width-start t)
+  ;; (global-display-line-numbers-mode)
+  ;; (defvar display-line-numbers-width-start t)
+
 
   ;; scroll step stuff
   (setq scroll-margin 2
diff --git a/lisp/mitch-defuns.el b/lisp/mitch-defuns.el
index 7f656ca..5221aec 100644
--- a/lisp/mitch-defuns.el
+++ b/lisp/mitch-defuns.el
@@ -87,10 +87,13 @@ Made solely to reduce lines in the init file."
   (require 'mitch-keybinds))
 
 (defun turn-off-line-numbers ()
-  "A tiny wrapper around `display-line-numbers-mode'.
+  "A tiny wrapper around `display-line-numbers-mode' or `linum'.
 For use in hooks."
   (interactive)
-  (display-line-numbers-mode -1))
+  (if display-line-numbers-mode
+      (display-line-numbers-mode -1))
+  (linum-mode -1)
+  (linum-relative-mode -1))
 
 (defun mitch/terminal-setup ()
   "A batch of commands to run when opening anything that looks like a terminal.
diff --git a/lisp/mitch-packages.el b/lisp/mitch-packages.el
index fe02328..ea2bc5b 100644
--- a/lisp/mitch-packages.el
+++ b/lisp/mitch-packages.el
@@ -98,6 +98,12 @@
   (completion-category-overrides nil)
   )
 
+(use-package linum-relative
+  :diminish
+  :custom (linum-relative-current-symbol "")
+  :init
+  (linum-relative-global-mode 1))
+
 ;; broken terminal that doesn't compile but at least it's fast when it does
 (use-package vterm
   :custom
@@ -250,11 +256,6 @@
   :after (org powershell)
   :custom
   (ob-powershell-powershell-command "pwsh"))
-;; (use-package visual-fill-column
-;;   :config
-;;   (setq-default visual-fill-column-center-text t)
-;;   (setq-default fill-column 140)
-;;   :hook (org-mode . visual-fill-column-mode))
 (use-package company-org-block
   :after (org company))
 (use-package org-modern
diff --git a/lisp/mitch-theme.el b/lisp/mitch-theme.el
index 4bfe38d..c168995 100644
--- a/lisp/mitch-theme.el
+++ b/lisp/mitch-theme.el
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
   (link (:foreground mitch-light-blue :underline 't))
   (link-visited (:foreground mitch-mid-violet :underline 't))
   (whitespace-line (:background mitch-dark-red))
-  (line-number (:inherit 'fixed-pitch :foreground mitch-light-black :weight 'normal))
+  (line-number (:inherit 'font-lock-comment-delimiter-face))
   (line-number-current-line (:inherit 'line-number :foreground mitch-yellow :weight 'bold))
   (linum (:inherit 'line-number))
   (linum-relative-current-face (:inherit 'line-number-current-line))