diff --git a/.config/nvim/init.vim b/.config/nvim/init.vim
index c389530d..e32b8eb2 100644
--- a/.config/nvim/init.vim
+++ b/.config/nvim/init.vim
@@ -112,11 +112,11 @@ set noshowcmd
 	autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile /tmp/neomutt* map ZQ :Goyo\|q!<CR>
 
 " Automatically deletes all trailing whitespace and newlines at end of file on save. & reset cursor position
-   	autocmd BufWritePre * let lineNumb = line('.')
+ 	autocmd BufWritePre * let currPos = getpos(".")
 	autocmd BufWritePre * %s/\s\+$//e
 	autocmd BufWritePre * %s/\n\+\%$//e
 	autocmd BufWritePre *.[ch] %s/\%$/\r/e
-  	autocmd BufWritePre * cal cursor(lineNumb,0)
+  	autocmd BufWritePre * cal cursor(currPos[1], currPos[2])
 
 " When shortcut files are updated, renew bash and ranger configs with new material:
 	autocmd BufWritePost bm-files,bm-dirs !shortcuts