diff --git a/common/_global.el b/common/_global.el
index fb1a2be..b21b507 100644
--- a/common/_global.el
+++ b/common/_global.el
@@ -247,6 +247,10 @@
 (set-language-environment "UTF-8")
 (set-default-coding-systems 'utf-8-unix)
 
+; auto revert when files/dired changes
+(setq global-auto-revert-non-file-buffers t)
+(global-auto-revert-mode 1)
+
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 ;; set font for emoji -- DOES NOT WORK ON MOBILE
 (when (eq system-type 'windows-nt)