diff --git a/fish/.config/fish/functions/gl.fish b/fish/.config/fish/functions/gl.fish
index dffaad2..dece8b2 100644
--- a/fish/.config/fish/functions/gl.fish
+++ b/fish/.config/fish/functions/gl.fish
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ function gl --description 'Git browse commits'
       fzf --exact --no-sort --reverse --tiebreak=index --no-multi --ansi \
           --preview="$view_commit" \
           --header="ENTER to view, CTRL-Y to copy hash, CTRL-O to open on GitHub, CTRL-X to checkout, CTRL-C to exit, CTRL-S to cherry-pick" \
-          --bind "enter:execute:$view_commit_nvim | nvim -R -" \
+          --bind "enter:execute:$view_commit_nvim | nvim -c 'setf git' -R" \
           --bind "ctrl-y:execute:$copy_commit_hash" \
           --bind "ctrl-x:execute:$git_checkout" \
           --bind "ctrl-o:execute:$github_open" \
diff --git a/git/.gitconfig b/git/.gitconfig
index 457c491..97afa63 100644
--- a/git/.gitconfig
+++ b/git/.gitconfig
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	login = sanchayanmaity
 [core]
 	editor = nvim
-	pager = nvim -R
+	pager = nvim -R -c 'setf git'
 	excludesfile = ~/.config/git/ignore
 [color]
 	ui = true