diff --git a/lua/chadrc.lua b/lua/chadrc.lua
index 6e84c34..e9a6002 100644
--- a/lua/chadrc.lua
+++ b/lua/chadrc.lua
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ M.ui = {
       "onedark",
       "gruvchad",
    },
+   italic_comments = false,
 
    -- Enable this only if your terminal has the colorscheme set which nvchad uses
    -- For Ex : if you have onedark set in nvchad , set onedark's bg color on your terminal
diff --git a/lua/default_config.lua b/lua/default_config.lua
index 0adda31..036c4e1 100644
--- a/lua/default_config.lua
+++ b/lua/default_config.lua
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ M.ui = {
       "onedark",
       "gruvchad",
    },
+   italic_comments = false,
 
    -- Enable this only if your terminal has the colorscheme set which nvchad uses
    -- For Ex : if you have onedark set in nvchad , set onedark's bg color on your terminal
diff --git a/lua/highlights.lua b/lua/highlights.lua
index 13a3f94..99e0d03 100644
--- a/lua/highlights.lua
+++ b/lua/highlights.lua
@@ -41,11 +41,20 @@ fg("IndentBlanklineChar", line)
 
 -- misc --
 fg("LineNr", grey)
-fg("Comment", grey_fg)
+
+-- Comments
+local ui = require("utils").load_config().ui
+
+if ui.italic_comments then
+   cmd("hi Comment gui=italic guifg=" .. grey_fg)
+else
+   fg("Comment", grey_fg)
+end
+
 fg("NvimInternalError", red)
 fg("VertSplit", line)
 fg("EndOfBuffer", black)
---fg_bg("Visual",light_grey, colors.lightbg)
+-- fg_bg("Visual",light_grey, colors.lightbg)
 
 -- Pmenu
 bg("Pmenu", one_bg)