diff --git a/footrc b/footrc
index 966b975f..d001e644 100644
--- a/footrc
+++ b/footrc
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
+# -*- conf -*-
+
 # font=monospace
 # scrollback=1000
 # geometry=500x300
+# pad=2x2
 # shell=<user's default shell (from /etc/passwd)> (you may need to override if you need a login shell)
 # term=foot
 # workers=<number of logical CPUs>