diff --git a/ftplugin/text.vim b/ftplugin/text.vim
index cc8cab2..320f546 100644
--- a/ftplugin/text.vim
+++ b/ftplugin/text.vim
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ setlocal nolist
 setlocal formatoptions-=t
 " turn off line width hint
 setlocal colorcolumn=0
+" set an alternate colorscheme from coding
+colorscheme quiet