diff --git a/lua/plugins/virt-column.lua b/lua/plugins/virt-column.lua
index 24d6f48..f6d5922 100644
--- a/lua/plugins/virt-column.lua
+++ b/lua/plugins/virt-column.lua
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ return {
         "lukas-reineke/virt-column.nvim",
         opts = {
             virtcolumn = "80,120",
-            highlight = "NonText",
+            highlight = "Whitespace",
             char = "▎"
         }
     },