diff --git a/.config/nvim/init.lua b/.config/nvim/init.lua
index db45c1d..150e679 100644
--- a/.config/nvim/init.lua
+++ b/.config/nvim/init.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require('plugins')
+require('functions')
 require('settings')
 require('keymaps')
 require('fileformats')
diff --git a/.config/nvim/lua/functions.lua b/.config/nvim/lua/functions.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f4d821e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/nvim/lua/functions.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+-- remove trailing whitespace
+function my_remove_trailing_whitespace()
+    local curpos = vim.api.nvim_win_get_cursor(0)
+    vim.cmd([[keeppatterns %s/\s\+$//e]])
+    vim.api.nvim_win_set_cursor(0, curpos)
+end
+
+vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd(
+    { 'BufWritePre' },
+    {
+        pattern = {
+            '*.lua', '*.cpp', '*.hpp'
+        },
+        callback = my_remove_trailing_whitespace
+    }
+)
diff --git a/.config/nvim/lua/settings.lua b/.config/nvim/lua/settings.lua
index 5e93502..5ce34a8 100644
--- a/.config/nvim/lua/settings.lua
+++ b/.config/nvim/lua/settings.lua
@@ -22,23 +22,6 @@ packer.use {
     end
 }
 
--- remove trailing whitespace
-function my_remove_trailing_whitespace()
-    local curpos = vim.api.nvim_win_get_cursor(0)
-    vim.cmd([[keeppatterns %s/\s\+$//e]])
-    vim.api.nvim_win_set_cursor(0, curpos)
-end
-
-vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd(
-    { 'BufWritePre' },
-    {
-        pattern = {
-            '*.lua', '*.cpp', '*.hpp'
-        },
-        callback = my_remove_trailing_whitespace
-    }
-)
-
 packer.use 'https://github.com/editorconfig/editorconfig-vim'
 
 -- set colorcolumn to textwidth after buffer is displayed or option is changed