diff --git a/config/nvim/lua/fschauen/keymap.lua b/config/nvim/lua/fschauen/keymap.lua
index ece5bc0..3a23bcb 100644
--- a/config/nvim/lua/fschauen/keymap.lua
+++ b/config/nvim/lua/fschauen/keymap.lua
@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ local keymap = {
     { '<leader>sc', toggle_colorcolumn, desc = 'Toggle virtual colunn' },
   },
 
+  indent_blankline = {
+    { '<leader>si', '<cmd>IndentBlanklineToggle<cr>' },
+  },
+
   treesitter = {
     { '<leader>tp', '<cmd>TSPlaygroundToggle<cr>' },
     { '<leader>th', '<cmd>TSHighlightCapturesUnderCursor<cr>' },
diff --git a/config/nvim/lua/fschauen/plugins/indent-blankline.lua b/config/nvim/lua/fschauen/plugins/indent-blankline.lua
index 9806e97..72d3c39 100644
--- a/config/nvim/lua/fschauen/plugins/indent-blankline.lua
+++ b/config/nvim/lua/fschauen/plugins/indent-blankline.lua
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
+local chars = { '│', '¦', '┆', '┊', '┊', '┊', '┊', '┊', '┊', '┊' }
+local show_first_level = false
+
 return {
   'lukas-reineke/indent-blankline.nvim',
-
+  keys = require('fschauen.keymap').indent_blankline,
   lazy = false,  -- trows an error when lazy loading
-
-  config = function()
-    require('indent_blankline').setup {
-      enabled = false,
-    }
-
-    -- show/hide indent guides
-    vim.keymap.set('n', '<leader>si', '<cmd>IndentBlanklineToggle<cr>')
-  end,
+  opts = {
+    enabled = false,
+    use_treesitter = true,
+    show_first_indent_level = show_first_level,
+    show_current_context = true,
+    show_trailing_blankline_indent = false,
+    char_list = chars,
+    context_char_list = chars,
+    indent_level = #chars + (not show_first_level and 1 or 0),
+  },
 }