diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index f5041a2..a6c300a 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -16,3 +16,6 @@
 [submodule "bundle/vimtex"]
 	path = bundle/vimtex
 	url = https://github.com/lervag/vimtex
+[submodule "bundle/vim-cpp-modern"]
+	path = bundle/vim-cpp-modern
+	url = https://github.com/bfrg/vim-cpp-modern.git
diff --git a/bundle/vim-cpp-modern b/bundle/vim-cpp-modern
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..96c1e35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bundle/vim-cpp-modern
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 96c1e35b092be403fbe87583613827e277e9dfff
diff --git a/filetype.vim b/filetype.vim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f60ab98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/filetype.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+" extra file types detection
+if exists("did_load_filetypes")
+	finish
+endif
+augroup filetypedetect
+	au! BufRead,BufNewFile *.jl         setfiletype julia
+	au! BufRead,BufNewFile *.tcc		setfiletype cpp
+augroup END
+
diff --git a/ftplugin/c.vim b/ftplugin/c.vim
index 5daab3f..b4546ef 100644
--- a/ftplugin/c.vim
+++ b/ftplugin/c.vim
@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
 set colorcolumn=81
 set cino=N-s
+
+let g:cpp_attributes_highlight = 1
+let g:cpp_member_highlight = 1
+let g:cpp_simple_highlight = 1
+
diff --git a/ftplugin/cpp.vim b/ftplugin/cpp.vim
index 5daab3f..b4546ef 100644
--- a/ftplugin/cpp.vim
+++ b/ftplugin/cpp.vim
@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
 set colorcolumn=81
 set cino=N-s
+
+let g:cpp_attributes_highlight = 1
+let g:cpp_member_highlight = 1
+let g:cpp_simple_highlight = 1
+
diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index 1e80f24..e870364 100644
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ nmap <silent> <C-l> :noh<CR>
 nmap <silent> <F6> gg=G<C-o><C-o><CR>
 nmap <silent> <C-t> :NERDTreeToggle<CR>
 
-"tags
-
 "headers
 let g:header_auto_add_header=0
 let g:header_field_author='Steins7'