diff --git a/.vim/startup/vundle_vimrc b/.vim/startup/vundle_vimrc
index 267b0a6..e41bcea 100644
--- a/.vim/startup/vundle_vimrc
+++ b/.vim/startup/vundle_vimrc
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ Plug 'mattn/emmet-vim', { 'for': ['html', 'javascript'] }
 Plug 'MarcWeber/vim-addon-mw-utils'
 Plug 'tomtom/tlib_vim'
 Plug 'garbas/vim-snipmate'
-
+Plug 'ntpeters/vim-better-whitespace'
+Plug '907th/vim-auto-save'
 
 " Git plugin not hosted on GitHub
 Plug 'git://git.wincent.com/command-t.git'
@@ -173,3 +174,6 @@ let g:ack_use_cword_for_empty_search = 1
 let g:ack_use_dispatch = 1
 " autofold results
 let g:ack_autofold_results = 1
+
+let g:auto_save = 1  " enable AutoSave on Vim startup
+
diff --git a/.vimrc b/.vimrc
index 8320a1f..7e1e671 100644
--- a/.vimrc
+++ b/.vimrc
@@ -260,17 +260,17 @@ autocmd CursorHold, CursorHoldI * update
 set autowrite
 set autowriteall
 
-let g:autosave_time_period = 10
-au BUfRead,BufNewFile * let b:start_time=localtime()
-" only write if needed and update the start time after save
-function! UpdateFile()
-    if ((localtime() - b:start_time) >= g:autosave_time_period)
-        update
-        echo "Time: " . (localtime() - b:start_time) . " seconds have elapsed. File saved."
-        let b:start_time=localtime()
-    endif
-endfunction
-au CursorHold * call UpdateFile()
+" let g:autosave_time_period = 10
+" au BUfRead,BufNewFile * let b:start_time=localtime()
+" " only write if needed and update the start time after save
+" function! UpdateFile()
+"     if ((localtime() - b:start_time) >= g:autosave_time_period)
+"         update
+"         echo "Time: " . (localtime() - b:start_time) . " seconds have elapsed. File saved."
+"         let b:start_time=localtime()
+"     endif
+" endfunction
+" au CursorHold * call UpdateFile()
 
 " general mapping
 " no <up> ddkP