diff --git a/.config/nvim/lazy-lock.json b/.config/nvim/lazy-lock.json
index 08cda45..b185a12 100644
--- a/.config/nvim/lazy-lock.json
+++ b/.config/nvim/lazy-lock.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  "barbar.nvim": { "branch": "master", "commit": "a8fe0abe538f15997a543e0f653993ef3727455f" },
   "fd": { "branch": "master", "commit": "00b64f3ccbfb832ef744bb42bbdfabaf929b5ee2" },
   "feline.nvim": { "branch": "main", "commit": "a6bebd903e84d5ce0e97c597e0ca85cd24109002" },
   "gitsigns.nvim": { "branch": "main", "commit": "d195f0c35ced5174d3ecce1c4c8ebb3b5bc23fa9" },
diff --git a/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/barbar.lua b/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/barbar.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2cc89d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/barbar.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+return { 'romgrk/barbar.nvim',
+    dependencies = {
+        'lewis6991/gitsigns.nvim',   -- OPTIONAL: for git status
+        'nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons', -- OPTIONAL: for file icons
+    },
+    init = function() vim.g.barbar_auto_setup = false end,
+    opts = {
+        -- lazy.nvim will automatically call setup for you. put your options here, anything missing will use the default:
+        -- animation = true,
+        -- insert_at_start = true,
+        -- …etc.
+    },
+}
diff --git a/.config/nvim/lua/sets.lua b/.config/nvim/lua/sets.lua
index d5d96f8..f467a90 100644
--- a/.config/nvim/lua/sets.lua
+++ b/.config/nvim/lua/sets.lua
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ vim.opt.updatetime = 50
 vim.opt.hlsearch = false
 vim.opt.incsearch = true
 
--- auto-close unused buffers if all changes have been saved
-vim.opt.hidden = false
-
 -- stuff
 
 vim.opt.fillchars:append({ eob = ' ' })