diff --git a/.tigrc b/.tigrc
--- a/.tigrc
+++ b/.tigrc
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 set line-graphics = utf-8
 set vertical-split = false
 
+set main-view-date-local = true
+set main-view-author-maxwidth = 25
+
+set blame-view-date-local = true
+set blame-view-file-name-display = false
+set blame-view-author-maxwidth = 10
+
 # *color* 'area' 'fgcolor' 'bgcolor' '[attributes]'
 
 # general