diff --git a/.config/nvim/after/ftplugin/crontab.vim b/.config/nvim/after/ftplugin/crontab.vim
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/nvim/after/ftplugin/crontab.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,1 @@
+setl backupcopy=yes