diff --git a/lua/options.lua b/lua/options.lua
index e3e96970..50d63bab 100644
--- a/lua/options.lua
+++ b/lua/options.lua
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ opt.clipboard = "unnamedplus"
 opt.shortmess:append("sI")
 
 -- disable tilde on end of buffer: https://github.com/  neovim/neovim/pull/8546#issuecomment-643643758
-vim.cmd("let &fcs='eob: '")
+opt.fillchars = {eob = " "}
 
 -- Numbers
 opt.number = true