diff --git a/.config/helix/config.toml b/.config/helix/config.toml
index 35d106b..628e29a 100644
--- a/.config/helix/config.toml
+++ b/.config/helix/config.toml
@@ -1,11 +1,21 @@
 theme = "base16_qvp"
 
 [editor]
+# Do not interact with my mouse at all; that's the terminal's job
 mouse = false
 middle-click-paste = false
+
+# Pretty gutter flags for errors and diff changes
 gutters = ["diagnostics", "diff"]
+
+# Allow modes to change colors in the statusbar
 color-modes = true
 
+# Force true color mode even if hx can't detect support for it
+# Fixes SSHing to servers with incomplete terminfo
+# Annoying but beats what I had to do for vim to support alacritty :/
+true-color = true
+
 [editor.statusline]
 left = ["mode", "separator", "file-name", "spinner"]
 right = ["file-type", "version-control", "file-encoding", "file-line-ending", "selections", "position", "diagnostics"]