diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index 55dc7c1..f61a2b9 100644
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -10,4 +10,7 @@ set tabstop=4
 set shiftwidth=4
 " On pressing tab, insert 4 spaces
 set expandtab
+" Enable highlighted search
 set hlsearch
+" Disable VIM matching parenthesis highlighting
+let loaded_matchparen = 1