diff --git a/autoload/startify.vim b/autoload/startify.vim
index 6e6d660..54ff55f 100644
--- a/autoload/startify.vim
+++ b/autoload/startify.vim
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ function! startify#insane_in_the_membrane() abort
         \ norelativenumber
         \ nospell
         \ noswapfile
+        \ colorcolumn=
   if empty(&statusline)
     setlocal statusline=\ startify
   endif