diff --git a/VimSetup.rc b/VimSetup.rc
index b2feb1d..9392d41 100644
--- a/VimSetup.rc
+++ b/VimSetup.rc
@@ -400,6 +400,10 @@
 
 
 function! s:OpenInRightView(filename)
+    execute "let ln = line('.')"
+    execute 'echo cursor([ln, 1])'
+    silent! redraw
+
     let file1 = fnameescape(a:filename)
     let paths = system('make paths')
     let syspaths = system('make system_paths')
@@ -408,9 +412,6 @@
       let count = winnr('$')
       " map <CR> $b<C-W><C-L>:q<CR><C-W><C-H>:set splitright<CR><C-W>vgf<C-W><C-H>^:vert resize 30<CR><C-W><C-L>:set nosplitright<CR>
       
-      execute "let ln = line('.')"
-      execute 'echo cursor([ln, 1])'
-      silent! redraw
       execute 'set splitright'
       silent! execute count < 2 ? 'vnew' : count . 'wincmd w'
       let count = winnr('$')
@@ -602,7 +603,9 @@
   for file in list
     exec 'syn match ProjectFile ' . file
   endfor
-  hi CursorLine     term=reverse cterm=NONE ctermfg=White ctermbg=Green
+  hi CursorLine     cterm=NONE ctermbg=1
+  hi StatusLine     cterm=bold ctermbg=Green ctermfg=15
+
   hi ProjectHeading ctermfg=5
   hi ProjectFile    ctermfg=3
  
@@ -622,7 +625,7 @@
 hi clear SpellBad
 
 " Subtly highlight bad spelling in text files
-autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *.md,*.txt,Makefile hi SpellBad ctermbg=1
+autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *.md,*.txt,Makefile hi SpellBad ctermbg=1 ctermbg=NONE cterm=NONE
 
 " Vim help docs are hard to read/confusing with bad spelling highlighting
 autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *vim/*doc/*.txt hi clear SpellBad
@@ -634,3 +637,10 @@
 syntax enable
 
 
+augroup DimWindows
+  autocmd BufEnter SideView               hi CursorLine term=reverse cterm=NONE ctermfg=White ctermbg=Green
+  autocmd BufEnter *.cpp,*.c,*.h,*.pro    hi CursorLine ctermbg=1
+augroup end
+hi StatusLine     cterm=bold ctermbg=Green ctermfg=15
+
+