diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
index eb0c153..9b2d42f 100644
--- a/init.lua
+++ b/init.lua
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ vim.opt.rtp:prepend(lazypath)
 require("znvim.options")
 require("lazy").setup("znvim.plugins")
 require("znvim.keymaps")
+require("znvim.autocmds")
diff --git a/lua/znvim/autocmds.lua b/lua/znvim/autocmds.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f64089a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/znvim/autocmds.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("TextYankPost", { -- highlight yanked characters
+    callback = function()
+        vim.highlight.on_yank({ timeout = 250 })
+    end
+})
+
+vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("FileType", { -- close some filetypes with <q>
+    pattern = {
+        "help",
+        "man",
+    },
+    callback = function(event)
+        vim.bo[event.buf].buflisted = false
+        vim.keymap.set("n", "q", "<cmd>quit<cr>", { buffer = event.buf, silent = true })
+    end,
+})