diff --git a/init/nerdtree.vim b/init/nerdtree.vim
index fe2827b..a06d8fb 100644
--- a/init/nerdtree.vim
+++ b/init/nerdtree.vim
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+" Listing of paths to ignore. I think I could use something similar to CtrlP
+" here as well, but I want NERDTree to also show some non-version
+" controlled files
 " Vim
 " Other IDEs
 " Python
@@ -7,14 +10,16 @@
 " CMake
 " Non-text files
 let NERDTreeIgnore = [
-    \ '^\.vim$',
-    \ '^\.vscode$', '.*\.code-workspace$', '^\.idea$',
-    \ '^__pycache__$', '^\.pytest_cache$', '^venv$', '\.egg-info$', '^dist$', '^build$', '^\.eggs$',
-    \ '^out$',
-    \ '^\.git$',
-    \ '^\.stack-work$', '\.lock$',
-    \ '^CMakeFiles$', '^CMakeCache.txt$',
-    \ '.pdf$']
+    \ '^\.vim$[[dir]]',
+    \ '^\.vscode$[[dir]]', '.*\.code-workspace$[[file]]', '^\.idea$[[dir]]',
+    \ '^__pycache__$[[dir]]', '^\.pytest_cache$[[dir]]', '^venv$[[dir]]', '\.egg-info$[[dir]]', '^dist$[[dir]]', 
+        \ '^build$[[dir]]', '^\.eggs$[[dir]]',
+    \ '^out$[[dir]]',
+    \ '^\.git$[[dir]]',
+    \ '^\.stack-work$[[dir]]', '\.lock$',
+    \ '^CMakeFiles$[[dir]]', '^CMakeCache.txt$[[file]]',
+    \ '.pdf$[[file]]']
+
 " Show files starting with .
 let NERDTreeShowHidden = 1
 " Hide 'Press ? for help'
@@ -22,5 +27,20 @@ let NERDTreeMinimalUI = 1
 let NERDTreeDirArrows = 1
 " Close NERDTree after opening a file
 let NERDTreeQuitOnOpen = 1
+" Explicitely tell NERDTree to never change my current working directory
+let NERDTreeChDirMode = 0
+" Sort naturally, e.g. z10.txt comes after z1.txt
+let NERDTreeNaturalSort = 1
+" Show files, not only directories
+let NERDTreeShowFiles = 1
+" Don't show line numbers
+let NERDTreeShowLineNumbers = 0
+" Show NERDTree on the left side
+let NERDTreeWinPos = 'left'
+" Use the minimal menu system
+let NERDTreeMinimalMenu = 1
+" Always delete the buffer when you rename the file
+let NERDTreeAutoDeleteBuffer = 1
 
+" Open NERDTree on the current file
 nnoremap <silent> tt :NERDTreeFind<CR>